National security, foreign interference and naming ‘traitors’

In today’s The Big Story podcast, last week, a bombshell report revealed Canadian multiple parliamentarians have, intentionally and unintentionally, worked with foreign agents to interfere in our politics. The revelation sparked furious debate around who these MPs are, what they’ve done to undermine Canada’s interest and whether or not the “traitors”—as many called them—should be named.

Stephanie Carvin is a former national security analyst, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, and author of Stand on Guard: Reassessing threats to Canada’s National Security. “You can pass all the laws that you want, but if we don’t have the capacity to actually enforce this legislation, because of huge gaps in our court system, or because the RCMP frankly just isn’t that great at national security investigations, these are real things that the government should be looking at addressing now,” says Carvin.  

Today, we’ll bring you on a deep dive into the world of foreign interference, security clearance, intelligence gathering and how to protect Canada’s interests while still keeping the public informed. It’s not as simple as naming names.

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