Roundup: CSE posts a threat bulletin about Russia

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We’re on day one-hundred-and-forty-two of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Russians fired missiles at the central city of Vinnytsia, hitting civilian locations including a medical clinic. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated his statement that the Russian regime is a terrorist threat. Meanwhile, the leadership at the International Criminal Court in the Hauge is calling for an “overarching strategy” to bring perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to justice, so that other countries contributing to the investigations can cooperate with their efforts.

Closer to home, CSE released a threat bulletin on Russia’s cyber-activities in Ukraine, and it was a doozy, saying that the scope and severity has almost certainly been more sophisticated and widespread than has been previously reported, and yes, that has repercussions for Canada as well. Stephanie Carvin has more in this thread:

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547663710700728320

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547664718721994753

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547666383428718594

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547666393423757315

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547669128076374017

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1547669143700131840

Good reads:

  • Health Canada has approved Moderna doses for children under five.
  • Random COVID testing at airports is resuming as a surveillance tool for new variants, but everyone is freaking out about it because they don’t listen to the reasons.
  • The federal government sent off the $2 billion in additional health transfers to fight backlogs, plus other transit and school ventilation funds, because budget cycles.
  • Patty Hajdu says she will support Indigenous communities in Quebec who want to challenge the province’s new language laws, particularly around education.
  • The federal government is winding down their special Afghan refugee programme, saying it’s fully subscribed with the planned 40,000 individuals.
  • The RCAF is acquiring two new aircraft to replace the planes used by the prime minister and Governor General (which are also used for mid-air refuelling).
  • The expert panel looking into new online harms legislation took inspiration from the regimes in the UK, the EU, and Australia.
  • Faced with a loss of sponsors and government funding, Hockey Canada is re-opening the investigation in to the alleged sexual assault by eight players in 2018.
  • A Senate committee report calls for criminal penalties for forced sterilisation (erm, which is pretty much the case, but systemic racism largely prevents enforcement).
  • RCMP officers investigating the UCP leadership race left their voice recorders behind at one of the organizer’s homes after an interview, and I can barely even.
  • An Alberta MLA is being charged for a white-hat hack of the provinces vaccine record system, in spite of the fact that he proved the system’s privacy was shoddy.
  • Philippe Lagassé presents a paper on improving parliamentary scrutiny of defence issues (which we have very little of at the moment).
  • Stephanie Carvin looks ahead to the likelihood of small-scale hacks being used by countries like Russia to sow distrust in the American mid-term elections.
  • Kevin Carmichael sits down with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem about Wednesday’s major rate hike, and the battle against inflation.
  • Paul Wells talks to the German ambassador about the decision around returning those gas turbines for the Nordstream One pipeline.
  • Wells also delves into the rise of Quebec provincial Conservative leader, Éric Duhaime, and what he’s offering in the coming election.

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