Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appears before a House of Commons committee on April 29, 2024.Photo by Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/File

Climate and food security join new federal list of Canada’s intelligence priorities

The list also includes traditional intelligence concerns such as foreign interference, cyberthreats, Arctic sovereignty, border integrity and organized crime

by · National Post

OTTAWA — The pressing issues of climate change and food security join more familiar ones like violent extremism and espionage on a new list of Canada’s intelligence priorities.

The federal government says publishing the list of priorities for the first time is an important step toward greater transparency.

The government revises the priorities every two years, based on recommendations from the national security adviser and the intelligence community.

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