• SIRC: Good People Can’t Save a Bad Institution

    SIRC: Good People Can’t Save a Bad Institution

    It would be nice to believe that two solid appointments by the Prime Minister would alleviate the ills that bedevil the Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), the much-maligned body charged with looking into complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). If that were the case, the announcement on May 1 of the appointments

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  • D-Day for Greece is Coming Fast

    D-Day for Greece is Coming Fast

    For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for receiving 7.2 billion euros in bail-out money, the Greek government has to credibly commit to

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  • Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?

    Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?

    By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015 Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who have been not been following the debate, here is a synopsis of the bill’s ugliest bits:

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  • Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security

    Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security

    Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2015 The release of several reports into the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill last October reveal some missed opportunities to apprehend the shooter before he entered Parliament. The major lessons that needed to be learned were long available and pre-dated the Zehaf-Bibeau attacks. It took the

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