Christopher Nardi

Estimated 2,500 undeclared foreign agents operate in Canada: Ottawa The federal government estimates there are nearly 2,500 businesses or people in Canada working surreptitiously on behalf of foreign states.

The Canadian government estimates there are nearly 2,500 businesses or people in Canada working surreptitiously on behalf of foreign states to influence local politics and governments who will need to register publicly.
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"Found"? Was the tree not just standing there for 354 years?

Also, I love the idea that CAF members interacting with people at, say, a café abroad or something could be considered HUMINT per this definition. In theory, at least.

I recognize that there are about 3 people on this platform who will laugh at this

GAC: GSRP isn't intel collection, it's just foreign service officers focused on normal diplomatic reporting!
CFINTCOM: Even our "overt diplomatic engagement with foreign counterparts" is HUMINT.

Korea’s English Exam Was So Hard It Prompted an Apology. How Would You Do?

Go ahead. Try the sample questions.

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Where do I send my consulting fee?

They can take some of the insane piles of salt around the buildings on queen street and in front of my building, there's enough to salt the entire city right there 😑

Intel watchdog cancelled CSIS review because of lack of legal protection for staff NSIRA is calling for an urgent review of its governing law after cancelling a review of CSIS due to a lack of legal protection for its staff.

A key intelligence watchdog NSIRA is calling on the Canadian government to urgently review its governing law after cancelling a review of Canada’s spy agency CSIS due to a lack of proper legal protection for its staff.
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Arnaques à la cryptomonnaie : des épargnes envolées en fumée Les autorités se croisent les bras pendant que des Canadiens perdent leur chemise dans des fraudes.

Ça fait des années que @nicholasderosa.bsky.social et moi enquêtons sur une immense industrie frauduleuse qui vole les économies de gens partout dans le monde. On parle de dizaines de milliards par année.

Presque tout passe par Facebook.

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Conservative MP says he’s considering joining Canada’s Liberal government The stunning twist moves Mark Carney one step closer to a secure hold on the prime minister’s office until 2029.

🚨Scoop: Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont says he is considering crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party.

He tells me he'll make a decision “in the next few days” after reviewing the federal budget. Other Conservatives are also being courted.

Federal government rejects $28,000 raise proposal for judges The federal government rejected a recommendation by an independent commission to increase judges’ salaries by $28,000.

NEW: On the eve of federal budget 2025, the federal government rejected a recommendation by an independent commission to increase judges’ salaries by $28,000, saying it can’t justify the raise in this economy.
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'Inherited a mess': CSIS employees applaud director's blunt memo on 'systemic' issues at spy agency A stark June memo from the director of Canada’s spy agency highlighting culture and morale issues at the service was applauded by employees.

'Inherited a mess': CSIS employees applaud director's blunt memo on 'systemic' issues at spy agency. By Christopher Nardi
"National Post obtained a dozen pages of CSIS emails via access to information request."
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Canada isn't doing its part to stop AI government surveillance, UofT director says Ronald Deibert says the ability of governments and criminal actors to surveil and target people is growing in scope thanks to AI. Read more.

Everyone is talking about AI. It's obviously having a transformative impact across all sectors of society.

So how should the Canadian government approach it?

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'The stakes are high': Courts across Canada are asking Ottawa for more judges Six of 10 provincial superior courts and the Federal Court said they have pending requests for additional judge positions to the government.

Last month, Ontario's top judges made an uncommon joint public appeal: our courts are in dire need of more judges.
I went to all prov. superior+appeal courts to ask about their bench. On the eve of budget 2025, most trial courts responded clearly: more judges ASAP
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Ontario anti-tariff Reagan ad will run on U.S. broadcast of World Series despite Trump anger US President Donald Trump says he has "terminated" trade talks with Canada, taking issue with an ad featuring former president Ronald Reagan

New from me: The Ontario government’s anti-U.S. tariff ad will run multiple times during the U.S. broadcast of World Series game 1 Friday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump “terminated” trade talks with Canada over the commercial.
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CSIS says new warrantless powers need more 'precision,' 'surprised' by border bill pushback If C-2 passes intact, law enforcement would be able to compel any service provider to say if they’ve served an individual.

NEW: CSIS officials say the spy agency never intended for new warrantless powers in the Liberals’ national security bill C-2 to target medical providers and believe part of the legislation needs more “precision”.
They are also surprised by some blowback on the bill ⬇️
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Armed Forces, DND suing watchdog to block publication of critical report DND and CAF are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing a critical review without additional redactions.

New from me: the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing without further redactions a review that found that some of their human intelligence source handling activities may break the law.
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Armed Forces, DND suing watchdog to block publication of critical report DND and CAF are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing a critical review without additional redactions.

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Cyber threats have 'never been worse' from 'axis of cyber evil' states: senior cybersecurity official A top government cybersecurity official says the threat landscape has “never been worse."

A top Canadian government cybersecurity official says the threat landscape has “never been worse”, with attacks happening at unprecedented numbers and levels of sophistication namely from “axis of cyber evil” states.
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RCMP closes investigation into two alleged Chinese police stations without laying charges The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges.

New from me: The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges.
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More than 880,000 phone numbers linked to government accounts stolen in data breach More than 880,000 Canadians' phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government Web services were stolen by hackers.

Scoop: More than 880,000 Canadians’ phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government web services were stolen by hackers, who then spammed victims with fraudulent messages.
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High-rolling slot machine gambler at centre of $1M fight between B.C. lottery and FINTRAC A slots player is at the centre of a nasty fight between B.C.'s gambling authority and the federal anti-money laundering watchdog.

A single, high-rolling casino slots player is at the centre of a nasty $1 million fight between British Columbia’s gambling authority and the federal anti-money laundering watchdog, court documents allege.
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Majority of Canadians say Canada is more dangerous than five years ago: CSIS poll Nearly six in ten Canadians feel their country is more dangerous than five years ago.

Nearly six in 10 Canadians feel their country is more dangerous than five years ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine, India was linked to the murder of a Sikh-Canadian and Canada reckoned with the scourge of foreign interference.
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Canada's spy agency has a leadership trust crisis. The new boss says that's unacceptable Earlier this year, new CSIS director noted that trust in senior leadership is low, the amount of red tape is seen as too high and less than half of surveyed employees would recommend working at CSIS.

When the results of the latest Public Service Employment Survey landed on Dan Rogers’ desk earlier this year, the new head of Canada’s spy agency was angry.
No matter how he looked at them, the results for CSIS were bleak and clear: there is a leadership trust crisis
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I mean, poor CRA comms now have to respond to my request for contact information for CSIS’s employee association. How sad! /s

Really loving the high quality AI summary Google so helpfully provides. No truly, thank you.

Commission finds Canadian judges' $414,900 salary 'inadequate' to attract top talent, recommends $28,000 raise.
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Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women | Globalnews.ca Global Affairs Canada went well over budget helping ISIS women return home from Syria with their kids.

Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women.
Absolutely wild, eye-popping story by @stewglobal.bsky.social
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No evidence of election law breaches in former Liberal MP Han Dong's nomination race, watchdog says Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken.

NEW: Although the federal foreign interference task force said China had likely manipulated the 2019 Liberal nomination race that coronated Han Dong, Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken. 
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