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12 septembre 2023 | Local, Sécurité

ANALYSIS | Canada needs to ditch the complacency and get serious about national security, experts say | CBC News

For decades, national security has been an afterthought for federal governments of all stripes. The problem, say the experts, is that Canadians themselves tend not to take their security seriously — and as a result, neither do the people they elect.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-security-canada-military-defence-ward-elcock-1.6963391

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