Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online visits the Château Laurier in Ottawa, where tensions with the United States are upsetting the Canadian capital's usual tranquility.
It's Wednesday 18 June in Ottawa, and Canada's Minister of Finance François-Philippe Champagne is scurrying into the elegant lobby of the Château Laurier, a luxury hotel just a few steps away from the national parliament.
He has good reason to be hasty. In the wake of a G7 summit held in the west of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister


