Observations on the Russian legal posture in the Ukraine conflict.
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We’re pleased to launch a new component of the growing INTREPID empire: mini-courses. Right now, we’ve put together around 5 hours of explainer video modules covering the basis of Canadian national security law. We may or may not make more courses, if we can persuade ourselves there is a business case for spending many hours doing so. But right now, our first mini-course is free and open for “enrolment” — “enrolment” means creating a sign-in account on the learning management platform we use. You can find the link under “University” in the menu above or here.
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Canada’s failure to win a seat in the United Nations Security Council has provoked a debate over Canada’s place in the world. It was seen as a personal failure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who when elected famously declared that “Canada is back!” But it has raised deeper questions regarding the reasons for the failure, what Canada’s role in the world should be, and indeed what it once was—should we want to be “back?” And what does that mean anyway?
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“Living document” repository of special legal measures introduced in Canada in response to COVID-19
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Last week, Leah West addressed delegates at the 6th Open Government Partnership Global Summit hosted by Canada in Ottawa. She was asked to participate on a panel hosted by Public Safety Canada entitled: National Security Transparency: Expert Perspectives along with Wesley Wark, Christopher Parsons and Veronica Kitchen. The following is a copy of Leah’s remarks on the subject of “secret law.”
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