Christopher Nardi

@christopher.bsky.social

The first official Christopher on Bluesky and user #1,341. National Post journalist reporting on Canada's shortest hill, in Ottawa. Whisky aficionado who stabs people (legally) for sport 🤺 Signal: ChrisNardi.01 / email: cnardi(AT)postmedia.com

NEW from me: Russia-backed cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality’s water treatment plant systems and gained covert access to critical functions like chlorine dosing and pressure settings before getting caught, according to Canada's cyber agency. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Russian group hacked Quebec water treatment plant, gained access to control pumps and chlorine dosing: CSE

Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality's water treatment plant systems.

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New from me: Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he wants his embattled lawful access Bill C-22 facilitating police and intelligence agencies’ ability to intercept and collect personal information to be law by June 19. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Public safety minister wants police search powers bill to become law by June 19

Anandasangaree wants his bill facilitating police and intelligence agencies' ability to intercept personal information to be law by June 19.

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New from me: Some RCMP body cameras in Alberta and B.C. aren’t just recording people, they’re writing about them too. The police force has been testing a new technology where artificial intelligence writes a draft report based on body camera audio of an interaction. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

RCMP quietly testing AI-drafted reports from body camera audio

Some RCMP body cameras in Alberta and B.C. aren't just recording people anymore.

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The Liberal government is honking its final horn in its legal battle to validate its invocation of the exceptional powers of the Emergencies Act to deal with the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests. My story about the Liberals seeking leave to appeal to the SCC: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Liberal government appeals Emergencies Act decisions to the Supreme Court

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government filed its application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in the hopes that the highest court in the land overturn two earlier decisions against ...

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Interesting: PM Mark Carney has announced a new deputy minister shuffle that effectively eliminates the title of National Security and Intelligence Advisor.Appoints a new PCO DM leading on Security and Intelligence though. Hard to tell what, if anything, this will change www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Prime Minister Carney announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service

These leadership changes support the strong, effective delivery of priorities and results for Canadians, while positioning the federal government to advance Canada’s interests and respond to the rapid...

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NEW from me: India still one of the main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage in Canada, @csiscanada tells me. First time a security agency contradicts a senior government official who earlier this week said that activity from India is “not continuing”. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

India still one of the main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage in Canada, CSIS says

Canada's spy agency says India remains one of the main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage against Canada.

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Radio-Canada a parlé à plusieurs organismes qui déplorent l'inaccessibilité de la ministre fédérale de l'Immigration. Lena Diab suscite aussi des critiques au sein de son caucus : des collègues libéraux la jugent « dépassée » par ses dossiers. Excellent reportage de Laurence Martin et Yasmine Mehdi!

Où est la ministre fédérale de l’Immigration?

Le manque de visibilité de la ministre fédérale de l'Immigration, Lena Metlege Diab, suscite de vives préoccupations chez plusieurs intervenants.

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After its highly criticized rollout of lawful access reform in the Strong Borders Act C-2 last spring, the Carney gov has gone back to the drawing board and will likely table a narrower bill focused on additional search powers for police and spy agencies. My latest ⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Liberals likely to table new, narrower lawful access bill after blowback to C-2: sources

After its highly criticized rollout of stalled bill C-2 last spring, the Liberal government has gone back to the drawing board.

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New from me: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s national security advisor said Russia’s information war against Canada is increasingly successful as more and more Canadians believe Ukraine began the war caused by Russia’s invasion in 2022. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Russia's information war against Canada increasingly successful, top security official says

Prime Minister Mark Carney's national security advisor said Russia's information war against Canada is increasingly successful.

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The Canadian government estimates there are nearly 2,500 businesses or people in Canada working surreptitiously on behalf of foreign states to influence local politics and governments who will need to register publicly. My latest: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Estimated 2,500 undeclared foreign agents operate in Canada: Ottawa

The federal government estimates there are nearly 2,500 businesses or people in Canada working surreptitiously on behalf of foreign states.

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A key intelligence watchdog NSIRA is calling on the Canadian government to urgently review its governing law after cancelling a review of Canada’s spy agency CSIS due to a lack of proper legal protection for its staff. My story: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Intel watchdog cancelled CSIS review because of lack of legal protection for staff

NSIRA is calling for an urgent review of its governing law after cancelling a review of CSIS due to a lack of legal protection for its staff.

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Ça fait des années que @nicholasderosa.bsky.social et moi enquêtons sur une immense industrie frauduleuse qui vole les économies de gens partout dans le monde. On parle de dizaines de milliards par année. Presque tout passe par Facebook. On voit les mêmes publicités qu'en 2022.

Arnaques à la cryptomonnaie : des épargnes envolées en fumée

Les autorités se croisent les bras pendant que des Canadiens perdent leur chemise dans des fraudes.

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