ANALYSIS: As Canada Grapples With Foreign Interference, Most Recent National Security Strategy Is 20 Years Old

The last time Canada published a national security strategy, Facebook had just launched and TV sitcom “Friends” was airing its final episode. The year was 2004 and Paul Martin was prime minister. The world had been shaken a few years earlier by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and authorities were taking stock of the SARS outbreak. “The increase in terrorist acts and the threat of rapid, globalized spread of infectious disease all challenge our society and the sense of security that is so critical to our quality of life,” said Mr. Martin in the executive summary of his national security policy, noting that it was the “first-ever policy of its kind in Canada.”...