This episode is a part of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Inside Policy Talks podcast – see more episodes here.
There’s a growing sense on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border that something is very wrong when it comes to our security. From compromised institutions to the flow of drugs and organized crime, a web of foreign influence and transnational operations has been emerging as concern.
Sam Cooper, one of Canada’s top investigative journalists, has been a leading force in uncovering and reporting on these issues. He joins Peter Copeland, deputy director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, to discuss the threats Canada faces, and the kind of political will and policy approaches it will take to overcome them.
