National security threats ‘greater than ever,’ Canada must ‘step up its game,’ says PM’s adviser

Vincent Rigby says the 'world is at an inflection point' and Canada must grapple with heightened geopolitical competition, rapid technological change, and the accelerating impact of transnational security challenges.

Vincent Rigby, left, is national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right. Mr. Rigby provides policy, operational, and intelligence advice to Mr. Trudeau and the cabinet on issues related to Canada's national security.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

June 9, 2021

As Canada grapples with increasing threats from state and non-state actors, pandemics, and accelerating climate change, Canada’s national security and intelligence community “needs to evolve, and it needs to adapt,” says Vincent Rigby, national security and intelligence adviser to the prime mi...

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