March 4, 2026 | In Wesley Wark's National Security and Intelligence Newsletter, Vincent Rigby comments on the federal government's decision to eliminate the position of National Security and Intelligence Adviser as part of a broader senior public service shuffle. Rigby describes the move as potentially dangerous and warns that removing the role could weaken the flow of intelligence to the Prime Minister. He further notes the potential complications in coordinating between security and intelligence bodies, making engagement with international partners difficult.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, security, national security
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Published on: 5 Mar 2026

February 25, 2026 | Vincent Rigby reflects on Prime Minister Mark Carney's upcoming trip to India amid debate over whether the threat of Indian transnational repression in Canada has truly ended. While describing the trip as pragmatic diplomacy, Rigby warns that security concerns should not be treated as a "footnote," and cautions against turning a blind eye to allegations of interference and intimidation.  He expresses skepticism that longstanding national security concerns will disappear overnight.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, security, india
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Published on: 26 Feb 2026

February 11, 2026 | Kyle Matthews spoke with CTV News about the rising death toll in Iran and what could come next. As the government’s crackdown is being described as the deadliest in modern Iranian history, Matthews reflects on the regime’s escalating repression, the resilience of protesters, and how the international community may respond in the weeks ahead.

Classified as: Kyle Matthews, Iran, security
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Published on: 12 Feb 2026

January 19, 2025 | In Policy Magazine, Kyle Matthews argues that while Donald Trump poses a serious threat to Canada's economic security and sovereignty, turning toward China as a counterweight is a dangerous mistake. Matthews, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Montréal Institute for Global Security, contends that Beijing is not a neutral alternative to an unstable United States but a systemic authoritarian challenger that undermines democratic governance.

Classified as: Kyle Matthews, democracy, security
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Published on: 19 Jan 2026

December 10, 2025 | Vincent Rigby spoke to CBC News about new internal Defence documents that outline an ambitious plan to dramatically expand Canada’s reserve forces, including a primary reserve of 100,000 members and a supplementary reserve of 300,000 citizens. The documents indicate that the military is already struggling with supply chain issues, equipment shortages, and limited training capacity while planning for such a large mobilization.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, security, national security
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Published on: 11 Dec 2025
(This message was sent by email on March 11th at 8:28 a.m. to the Faculty's list of students, course instructors, and admin/support staff.)

Dear Education Community,

I am writing as a follow-up to the message sent by President Saini on Friday.

Classified as: security, Peaceful assembly on McGill’s campuses
Published on: 11 Mar 2024

The federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2016. The six-month initiative, meant to pick out people the Canada Border Services Agency suspected might try to enter the country using fake identification, is detailed in a document obtained by The Globe and Mail through a freedom of information request. The project is the largest known government deployment of the technology in Canada to date.

Classified as: McGill experts, privacy, facial recognition, facial recognition software, facial recognition technology, security, Ignacio Cofone, Faculty of Law, Benjamin Fung, School of Information Studies, Sonja Solomun, max bell school of public policy, Centre for Media Technology and Democracy
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021

"Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino." (The Washington Post)

Classified as: security, iPhone, Apple, CASE, Benjamin Fung, Cybersecurity, fbi, cellphone, cyber, techn
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Published on: 17 Feb 2016
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