National Defence committee  As a member of the international order based on rules and international standards, Canada faces threats from Russia and China. Russia has military capabilities in the Arctic and could decide to move from its current defence posture to offence. China is in the midst of exploring

National Defence committee  Thank you. As the chief of the defence staff mentioned, Russia sees North America as a single target.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would definitely agree that if Russia and China were to co-operate in the Arctic, it would pose significant threats to Canada's ability to protect its sovereignty. I would also reinforce what General Eyre said, which is that there is a growing imbalance

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would say that they are both revisionist authoritarian regimes that are seeking to reshape the rules-based international order to fit their world view. They are predictable in that we can listen to what Vladimir Putin said prior to the invasion of Ukraine

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Russia is certainly able to launch cyber-attacks and target critical structures in Canada. It's also important to remember that Russia views North America as a target. It doesn't distinguish between the United States and Canada. On the specific topic of cyber-attacks

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I would absolutely agree with the director of the CIA that Russia has the capability. What the Five Eyes alliance and our NATO allies are laser-focused on is whether the intent exists. In terms of the question regarding indicators, this is obviously something the Five

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, we closely track all aspects of the conflict with Russia, and we have since the days before the invasion, when Vladimir Putin was blatantly lying that it was only a military exercise. We have been trying to ascertain both his intentions and also the strength of the Rus

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not sure of the exact ways in which the International Criminal Court or any other organization would receive such imagery, but there is a significant amount of commercially available satellite imagery over Ukraine that could likely be used for a case such as that.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I'll start with the last portion, how that changes things. Modern warfare has changed in that we are seeing things—and perhaps it began with the Gulf War in 1991—and events transpire in real time. Certainly I think that is good, because we are seein

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, one thing I can tell you is that the intelligence community, specifically the Five Eyes, but also NATO and all other intelligence communities with like-minded nations, are looking very closely at the resources we have. It's challenging in that we have no resources on t

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I would say that prior to a week ago we were very concerned about China, in fact, wondering if China would take the opportunity to accelerate their own plans for greater control of their “near abroad”, specifically Taiwan. I would hope that with the reaction of the in

National Defence committee  I could be available, yes, Mr. Chair.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I could take the first part of that question regarding how we've been tracking the situation in Ukraine over the past several months, because that really highlights the importance of the relationships with our allies, particularly the Five Eyes. It was about t

National Defence committee  I would say that the top two threats are the two threats I mentioned during my presentation—Russia and China. Both have aggressive foreign intelligence services. Also, although it is not strictly the Canadian Forces national counter-intelligence unit that is responsible, we are

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, and members of Parliament, thank you very much for the invitation this afternoon to speak on global threats from the defence intelligence perspective. Prior to addressing the topic, I'd like to briefly describe my dual role as commander of Canadian Forces Intelligence