Stress tested : the COVID-19 pandemic and Canadian national security / Leah West, Thomas Juneau and Amarnath Amarasingam, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Leah, editor.

Juneau, Thomas, editor.

Amarnath Amarasingam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary, [2022]

Summary:

The emergence of COVID-19 has raised urgent and important questions about the role of Canadian intelligence and national security within a global health crisis. Some argue that the effects of COVID-19 on Canada represent an intelligence failure, or a failure of early warning. Others argue that the role of intelligence and national security in matters of health is—and should remain —limited. At the same time, traditional security threats have rapidly evolved, themselves impacted and influenced by the global pandemic. Stress Tested brings together leading experts to examine the role of Canada’s national security and intelligence community in anticipating, responding to, and managing a global public welfare emergency. This interdisciplinary collection offers a clear-eyed view of successes, failures, and lessons learned in Canada’s pandemic response. Addressing topics including supply chain disruptions, infrastructure security, the ethics of surveillance within the context of pandemic response, the threats and potential threats of digital misinformation and fringe beliefs, and the challenges of maintaining security and intelligence operations during an ongoing pandemic, Stress Tested is essential reading for anyone interested in the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Threats

They Got It All under Control: QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, and the New Threats to Canadian National Security

Exploiting Chaos: How Malicious Non-state Actors Leverage COVID-19 to Their Advantage in Cyberspace

Supply Chains during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Getting the Politics of Protecting Critical Infrastructure Right

Responses

A Health Intelligence Priority for Canada? Costs, Benefits, and Considerations

Canadian National Security Operations during COVID-19

Collection and Protection in the Time of Infection: The Communications Security Establishment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 as a Constraint on the CAF? As Always, the Mission Matters

Defence Intelligence and COVID-19

Reviving the Role of GPHIN in Global Epidemic Intelligence

Privacy vs. Health: Can the Government of Canada Leverage Existing National Security Surveillance Capabilities to Stop the Spread?

Enforcing Canadian Security Laws through Criminal Prosecutions during a Pandemic: Lessons from Canada’s COVID-19 Experience

Untangling Deportation Law from National Security: The Pandemic Calls for a Softer Touch

National Security Lessons Regarding the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant and Refugee Communities in the United States and Canada: A Bilateral Approach

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781773852454

1773852450

9781773852461

1773852469