Burton and Seaboyer: Canada can do much better than join the 'Golden Dome' defence
This fixation on missile defence ignores the fact that many contemporary attack methods don't involve missile-based warfare. Consider drones, or cyber attacks, for instance.
Canada lives in the reality that China’s hybrid information and cyberwarfare capability targets Canadians, on Canadian soil, every day. China routinely succeeds in compromising private, commercial and government networks, presenting an alarming threat to Canada’s security. Despite continuous warnings from security and intelligence agencies, Canada has nowhere near enough protection of its infrastructure — the internet, banking system, water, electricity, and transportation — against these threats. Nor has Canada taken effective steps to identify and neutralize “fifth column” agents of hostile powers already within Canada, who would be quickly mobilized in time of conflict.
