Vincent Rigby on the Need for a Canadian Foreign Human Intelligence Service | The Globe and Mail
May 12, 2025 | Vincent Rigby, Slater Family Professor of Practice,聽alongside Stephanie Carvin and Thomas Juneau, wrote an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail urging the creation of a Canadian foreign human intelligence service. They argue that while Canada already collects intelligence through agencies like CSIS and the Canadian Armed Forces, the country needs a dedicated service to enhance its strategic autonomy and strengthen national security. The authors highlight the growing global threats from Russia, China, and an increasingly unreliable United States, and stress that Canada must be better equipped to protect its interests. While acknowledging the challenges and costs of establishing such a service, they recommend boosting existing intelligence capabilities and expanding international partnerships beyond the Five Eyes alliance to safeguard Canada鈥檚 position in the 21st century.
