Spymaster | Canada
David Vigneault prepares the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for foreign interference battle

Canada
Chinese interference issue haunts Canadian intelligence harming Five Eyes relationship

Canada's intelligence community is under scrutiny over alleged shortcomings in its protection against Chinese interference, undermining the confidence of Canada's Five Eyes partners.

The Intelligence Gazette
Canada's CSIS criticised, Zvinchuk hiring, NATO approaches Ukraine intelligence, CCP's candidate for Taiwan, Lahur Talabani spoils the party

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Erbil to Ottawa via Saint Petersburg, Kyiv and Taipei.

Canada/ChinaCSIS at heart of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing

RussiaTelegram channel close to military intelligence is hiring

Ukraine/EuropeNATO boosts cooperation with security teams

TaiwanCCP sees ex-police officer Hou Yu-ih as best shot at presidency

IraqLahur Talabani throws spanner in election plans

Canada, China
CSIS under fire from Canadian parliament after stand-off between Trudeau and Xi Jinping

As relations between the two countries become increasingly tense, the federal intelligence service has been ordered to account for its efforts to counter supposed Chinese interference in Canadian affairs.

Canada, China
Huawei hires more lobbyists in Ottawa amid increasing scrutiny

The telecommunications giant hopes to reassure Canadian officials in the wake of an parliamentary report that flagged up extensive Chinese influence operations in the country.

Canada
UrtheCast offshoot seeks to work its way back into Canadian space market

EarthDaily Analytics, formed from UrtheCast with backing from Antarctica Capital, has taken on three lobbyists to help it obtain financing from the Canadian government. UrtheCast's radar business, meanwhile, is now owned by Alpha Insights.

Canada, China, United States
Canadian MPs report calls out China threat, as US pressure mounts

The annual report from Canada's National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICP), published within days of a threat assessment from the US' Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), attests to the two countries' increased scrutiny on China.