••• BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT

Coordinator for 2010 Olympic and G8. [node:read-more:link]

We need a National Security Policy, particularly its Emergency ­Preparedness and Critical Infrastructure ­Protection elements, and one which allies, neighbours, businesses, provinces and municipalities can, with confidence. [node:read-more:link]

The rescue and potential repair of a Canso aircraft from its Arctic Circle resting place reflects on how many people from different walks of life care about our history. [node:read-more:link]

The government has recognized the vulnerable position the western world finds itself in, and legislation, policy, and funding have progressed to close gaps and reduce vulnerabilities revealed since 9/11. [node:read-more:link]

For six generations, approximately 95% of the Canada-US border was undefended, however, smuggling and terror concerns have changed the way we look at our friendly border. [node:read-more:link]

We find closed-circuit cameras in convenience stores, shopping malls, banks, buses, subways, taxis and airports are proliferating. Are they helping law enforcement? [node:read-more:link]

When U.S. citizens use passport cards instead of regular passports to cross by land or sea into Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda, they are flashing kinegrams. [node:read-more:link]

There appears to be a resolve to implement real improvements to immigration screening that will prioritize Canadian security. Stay tuned because sensible reforms, long overdue, are coming. [node:read-more:link]

The concept of accountability - its challenges in the face of secrecy, the reluctance to share information, and the complexity arising from the myriad of agencies - must be defined and framed. [node:read-more:link]

A devastating blast from Mother Nature provided the busy community of Barrie with a ''preparedness'' wakeup call, and now the city can take pride in a comprehensive emergency plan. [node:read-more:link]

Mitigating the effects of climate change is the most pressing task of our lifetime. [node:read-more:link]

The term Islamo-fascism has come to denote intolerant if not fanatical actions and behaviour. The reluctance of mainstream Muslims to condemn these activities and behaviour may stem from ambiguities and divisions within Islam. [node:read-more:link]

Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer, Chief Operating Officer of the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, has an enormous task to prepare security for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. [node:read-more:link]

Mitrovica is a thorn in the side of both the newly sovereign Kosovo Assembly and the international community. [node:read-more:link]

This vast, continent-wide network of land, sea, air, and cybernetic interconnections weaves through each pillar of our democracy. From a national security perspective, the gateway and corridor system of systems is a purely strategic notion. [node:read-more:link]