Irresistible Forces: Long-Term Tectonic Influences on Canada’s National Security

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  5 décembre 2017 | Information, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

  Innovation pour la défense, l’excellence et la sécurité (IDEeS)

  Une nouvelle approche en matière d'innovation pour la défense et la sécurité Le programme d'innovation pour la défense, l'excellence et la sécurité (IDEeS) appuiera les recherches visant à affronter les défis du Canada en matière de défense et sécurité. Le programme IDEeS : fournira un soutien financier aux innovateurs et aux chercheurs pour qu'ils puissent réaliser des recherches et générer des connaissances afin de traiter les défis en matière de défense et de sécurité qui seront indiqués par le MDN et les partenaires de la sécurité; appuiera les réseaux de recherches et développement (R et D) pour affronter de tels défis; appuiera l'innovation à partir de la définition du problème, jusqu'à l'adoption précoce de la solution. En quoi le programme IDEeS est-il différent? Le programme IDEeS présentera de nouvelles approches en : facilitant les occasions de partenariats entre les innovateurs, l'industrie et d'autres intervenants en matière de défense et sécurité; fournissant des appels constants à l'innovation pour souligner les besoins émergents et les possibilités pour les innovateurs de participer aux mesures prises face aux défis en matière de défense et sécurité; appuyant des projets permettant l'élaboration d'idées prometteuses; obtenant des quantités limitées de préproduction des innovations qui seront évaluées dans un environnement opérationnel; se servant d'un portail Web pour diffuser les défis en matière de défense et sécurité dans le but de recruter les experts appropriés en S et T du domaine universitaire, de l'industrie, du gouvernement et d'autres partenaires. Pourquoi le programme IDEeS est-il nécessaire? L'innovation en matière de technologie, de connaissances et de résolution de problèmes est essentielle pour le Canada et ses alliés afin d'atténuer les nouvelles menaces, de conserver un avantage sur nos adversaires et de répondre aux besoins changeants en matière de défense et de sécurité. Dans ce contexte, les intervenants du Canada en matière de défense et sécurité ont besoin d'une approche fondamentalement nouvelle pour leur permettre d'avoir un meilleur recours aux talents et à l'ingéniosité hors du commun qui se trouve au pays. Dans le cadre du programme IDEeS, on lancera plusieurs nouvelles initiatives coordonnées qui transformeront la manière dont nous créons des solutions à des problèmes complexes. Le lancement du programme IDEeS est prévu à l'automne de 2017. Plus de détails à ce sujet suivront. https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/programmes/idees-defense.html

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  18 novembre 2019 | Information, Autre défense

  Canada needs to start seeing Russia and China as 'adversaries,' says ex-CSIS chief

  Richard Fadden said Ottawa needs to acknowledge the United States is withdrawing from global leadership Murray Brewster Canada needs to be "clear-eyed" about the threat posed by Russia and China — and the power vacuum at the global level left by the United States' growing isolationism — a former national security adviser to prime ministers told an audience of military and defence officials Friday. "The risks posed by these two countries are certainly different, but they are generally based on advancing all their interests to the detriment of the West," Richard Fadden, former national security adviser to both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his predecessor, Stephen Harper, said in a speech to the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI) Friday. "Their activities span the political, military and economic spheres." Fadden, who also served as the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and as deputy defence minister, made the remarks at the CDAI's annual Vimy Dinner in Ottawa. He said his criticism was not political or aimed at any particular government, but was meant to prompt public debate about security and defence policies — a subject that was virtually ignored during the recently concluded federal election. Both China and Russia have demonstrated they are prepared to "use virtually any means to attain their goals," while the U.S. has effectively withdrawn from the world stage, Fadden said. That emerging vacuum means Canada will have to work harder with other allies to address global crises at times when the Americans are unable, or unwilling, to lead. 'Clear limits to what we will accept' But to do that, Fadden said, Canada will have to be "clear-eyed" about the way the world has changed over the last decade or more. Canada should "recognize our adversaries for what they are, recognize we have to deal with them, but draw clear limits to what we will accept," he said. Ottawa also has to recognize, he said, that the old post-Cold War world order "with comprehensive U.S. leadership is gone, and is not coming back in the form we knew." In some respects, Fadden's remarks are a more blunt and urgent assessment of the geopolitical landscape than the one Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered in a landmark speech in June 2017, when she warned Canada could no longer depend upon U.S. protection and leadership. The comments by the former top security official came just as French President Emmanuel Macron also was lamenting the loss of American leadership, saying NATO is facing "brain death" without Washington's full involvement. When he was director of CSIS a number of years ago, Fadden warned about increasing Chinese influence over Canadian municipal and provincial politics. He said during his speech Friday that "the West does not have its act together as much as it could and should" and its response to emerging threats has been dysfunctional. Meanwhile, Fadden said, the rise in violent radicalism in the West is no longer being confined to Islamist extremism. "Right-wing terrorism is growing and, like its cousin jihadist terrorism, it is a globalized threat," he said. "We will ignore it at our peril." His speech also touched on emerging threats in cyber warfare. Many western democracies have not felt threatened in the globalized world of the last three decades — but that era is ending now, said Fadden, and Canadians have to face new sources of risk. "This issue is especially visible in Canada," he said. "We are surrounded by three oceans and the U.S., so we don't really feel threatened when, in a totally globalized world, that is unrealistic." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-russia-china-fadden-trump-1.5357109

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  9 février 2018 | Information, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

  Faire affaire avec l'OTAN

  Canada has a new representative at the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA / NCI Agency). Ms Joanna Glowacki started this fall and is ready to help Canadian companies connect with NATO ICT business opportunities. She can be reached at joanna.glowacki@ncia.nato.int or +32 (0)2 707.82.27 As you know, Canada has established a new Liaison Officer at the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Capellen, Luxembourg. Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Bedard arrived in the summer and some of you have already been engaging with him. Martin's email address is calo@nspa.nato.int Canadian companies are encouraged to continue to track NATO business opportunities on the websites of the two NATO Acquisition Agencies – NCI Agency and NSPA. For companies tracking ICT business opportunities at NATO, it is recommended that you follow the NCI Agency Bulletin Board website https://www.ncia.nato.int/Industry/Pages/Home.aspx for the latest updates on current business opportunities. If you see an opportunity of interest, shown on the website as a Notice of Intent (NOI), notify the Canadian Delegation to be added to the bidders list. There is no cost to receive the bid package and no commitment to bid once on the bidders list, although for each and every opportunity you must notify Canada's Delegation to NATO at BNATO.industry@international.gc.ca to be added to the bidders list. For NATO business opportunities in the area of logistics and maintenance, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) website is: http://www.nspa.nato.int/en/index.htm. You should also register your company as a supplier of NSPA – there is no cost and no commitment to register your company – so you start to receive notices of NSPA business opportunities in your domain. You can register at the following link: http://www.nspa.nato.int/en/organization/procurement/supplier.htm. You can also view “Future Business Opportunities” on the NSPA database: http://www.nspa.nato.int/en/organization/procurement/fbo.htm. Right click on an item of interest for more detail. Check out as well the “Request for Proposal” opportunities at the same site – right side of page. You can also look at the following webpages for general information: Guide to navigating NATO procurement: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/business-connecting-foreign-markets/nato-faqs-guide-procurement.page Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about NATO business opportunities: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/business-connecting-foreign-markets/canadian-industry-doing-business-nato-faqs.page Guide pour la navigation- Acquisitions au sein de l'OTAN: http://www.forces.gc.ca/fr/faire-affaires-acceder-marches-etrangers/otan-faqs-guide-acquisition.page Réponses aux questions fréquemment posées sur les opportunités d'affaires de l'OTAN: http://www.forces.gc.ca/fr/faire-affaires-acceder-marches-etrangers/industrie-canadienne-faqs-otan.page