Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community

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Stephanie Carvin Thomas Juneau

Top Secret Canada

Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community

Stephanie Carvin, Thomas Juneau, Craig Forcese

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University of Toronto Press
21 March 2021

Law & society; Law as it applies to other professions; Laws of Specific jurisdictions; Legal system: general; Legal system: costs & funding

Series: IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance

National security in the interest of preserving the well-being of a country is arguably the first and most important responsibility of any democratic government. Motivated by some of the pressing questions and concerns of citizens, Top Secret Canada is the first book to offer a comprehensive study of the Canadian intelligence community, its different parts, and how it functions as a whole. In taking up this important task, contributors aim to identify the key players, explain their mandates and functions, and assess their interactions.

Top Secret Canada features essays by the country's foremost experts on law, foreign policy, intelligence, and national security, and will become the go-to resource for those seeking to understand Canada's intelligence community and the challenges it faces now and in the future.

Edited by: Stephanie Carvin, Thomas Juneau, Craig Forcese
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781487525279
ISBN 10: 1487525273
Series: IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 21 March 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephanie Carvin is an assistant professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. Thomas Juneau is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

Reviews for Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community

This groundbreaking tour d'horizon of Canada's national security and intelligence community provides us with an original and much needed examination of a crucial area of Canadian public administration. - Kim Richard Nossal, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University Top Secret Canada is a comprehensive, in-depth, and up-to-date survey of the diverse actors who make up Canada's national security community. A handy reference for experts, and a guidebook for those seeking an introduction to national security institutions in Canada. - Veronica M. Kitchen, associate professor of political science, University of Waterloo Top Secret Canada is a practitioner's, politician's, and academic's essential resource on the activities, trends, and challenges facing the Canadian intelligence and national security community. Informative, accessible, and thought-provoking. - Andrea Charron, Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba Carvin, Juneau, and Forcese have assembled a first-rate collection of authors. Together, they provide readers with an encyclopedic account of the past, present, and future of Canada's national security and intelligence apparatus. - Adam Chapnick, professor of defence studies, Canadian Forces College and Royal Military College of Canada