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🔍🇨🇦 Is Canada Safe? Inside CSIS Director’s Speech | Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up

This week on Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up, Neil Bisson — retired CSIS intelligence officer and Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network — breaks down one of the most significant national-security weeks in recent memory.

From a BBC journalist under secret-service investigation 🇬🇧… to Iranian-directed threats inside Canada 🇨🇦… to a major act of sabotage on NATO-linked infrastructure 🇵🇱 — this episode shows how fast the threat environment is intensifying across Canada and its allies.

🎧 Before you hit play, consider these questions:

❓ How did a BBC reporter become entangled in a probe tied to Chinese intelligence — and what does it say about press freedom in democracies?

❓ Why are Russia and China ramping up their espionage in Canada’s Arctic, and what vulnerabilities are they exploiting?

❓ What does it mean when 1 in 10 CSIS terrorism investigations now involves a minor?

❓ How close did Iranian intelligence come to carrying out potentially lethal plots on Canadian soil — and how did CSIS disrupt them?

❓ Why are provincial referendums the new battleground for foreign interference?

❓ What does the Polish railway sabotage reveal about the expanding hybrid war against NATO countries?

All of these questions — and many more — are answered with analysis, context, and intelligence-driven insight throughout the episode.

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:45 Segment 1 – BBC Journalist Under Probe Over China-Spy Allegations
07:20 Segment 2 – Russia & China Ramp Up Espionage in Canada’s Arctic
12:55 Segment 3 – One in Ten CSIS Terrorism Investigations Involves a Minor
18:20 Segment 4 – CSIS Foils Potentially Lethal Iranian Threats
23:55 Segment 5 – Foreign Interference Targeting Provincial Referendums
28:35 Segment 6 – The Diplomacy in What CSIS Didn’t Say
32:10 Segment 7 – Polish Railway Sabotage on Key Ukraine Aid Route
34:10 Outro
35:40 End

🎓 Course Mentioned in This Episode

Sabotage and Proxy Operations in Modern Intelligence
University of Ottawa – Professional Development Institute
https://pdinstitute.uottawa.ca/PDI/Courses/National-Security/Sabotage-and-Proxy-Operations/Course.aspx?CourseCode=S0245

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