Category International Development

Access to Information (Canada), Adversarial OSINT, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Misconduct, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Bureaucratic Violence, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Counter-Surveillance, Data, Decentralization, Department of National Defence, Digital Resistance, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Illicit Government Surveillance, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED), Library and Archives Canada, Metadata, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Privacy Act (Canada), Privy Council Office, Public Safety Canada, Resistance, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Surveillance, Transport Canada, United States Secret Service

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime Introduction: The Unseen Feedback Loop In Canada’s freedom-of-information arena, an unexpected feedback loop has emerged. Citizens file Access to Information (ATIP) requests seeking government records, but evidence shows that federal…

Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence, Event Security, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, G7 - Kananaskis - 2025, National Security, National Security Events, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Physical Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Security Theatre, The G7

Canada’s Military Playbook for the 2025 Kananaskis G7 Summit – 2025 G7 Security Series #2

Canada’s Military Playbook for the 2025 Kananaskis G7 Summit – 2025 G7 Security Series #2 Introduction The upcoming G7 Summit (June 15–17, 2025) in Kananaskis, Alberta will transform a peaceful mountain resort into the focal point of one of the…

Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, G7 - Kananaskis - 2025, National Security, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Physical Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Security Theatre, The G7

RCMP Security Operations for the 2025 G7 Summit in Kananaskis – 2025 G7 Security Series #1

RCMP Security Operations for the 2025 G7 Summit in Kananaskis – 2025 G7 Security Series #1 Editor’s Note The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is widely recognized as an institutionally corrupt force. Its leadership of security operations for the 2025…

Canada, Canadian Legal System, Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada), Counter-Surveillance, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, G7 - Kananaskis - 2025, Illicit Government Surveillance, International Summits, Security Theatre, Surveillance, The G7

G7 Kananaskis 2025: Security Lockdowns, Protest Zones, and the Theatre of Control – A Prime Rogue Inc Series, Part 1

G7 Kananaskis 2025: Security Lockdowns, Protest Zones, and the Theatre of Control – A Prime Rogue Inc Series, Part 1 Introduction The Canadian Armed Forces crest below reminds us that the 2025 G7 summit in Kanasakis will be militarized. The…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
May 21, 2025

Access to Information (Canada), Bureaucracy, Bureaucratic Compromise, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Bureaucratic Violence, Canada, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Library and Archives Canada, Privacy Act (Canada)

Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay

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Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay I. Introduction: A Clerical Farce with National Implications There is a specific kind of Canadian scandal—quiet, paper-based, deniable. It does not involve suitcases of…

Margot Lanihin
April 24, 2025
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Bureaucratic Compromise, Canada, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, War Crimes

Top 10 Times Plausible Deniability Was Canada’s Actual Foreign Policy

Top 10 Times Plausible Deniability Was Canada’s Actual Foreign Policy Introduction — “The Nicest War Criminal You Know” We’re Canada.The world’s moral support animal. A country that smells like cedar and guilt. We show up late, apologize twice, and leave…

Margot Lanihin
April 14, 2025
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Bureaucratic Compromise, Bureaucratic Suppression of Information, Bureaucratic Violence, Canada, Canadian Domestic Politics, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Energy, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Nuclear Energy, Ontario, Op/Ed, Uncategorized

Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact

Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact I. Tea at the End of the Regulatory World There is a peculiar kind of peace that descends when you realize no one is steering the ship…

Bureaucratic Compromise, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Bureaucratic Violence, Canada, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Environment, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Nuclear Energy, Op/Ed

Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River

Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River I. Executive Summary – When the Watchdog Wags Its Tail The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) would like you to believe it is Canada’s impartial guardian of…

Margot Lanihin
April 2, 2025

American Judiciary, Donald J. Trump, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, International Development, Op/Ed, The Trump Doctrine, Trumponomics, USAID

USAID Injunction Won’t Save It: Why the Agency is Dead for Good

USAID Injunction Won’t Save It: Why the Agency is Dead for Good I. Introduction: USAID is Dead. This Court Ruling Won’t Change That. Let’s be clear from the jump: USAID is not coming back. No amount of judicial activism, contractor…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
March 18, 2025

Agriculture, Bananas, Canada, Commodities, Fraud, Abuse, and Waste, Oligopolies

Why Are Bananas So Cheap? The Economic & Geopolitical Forces Keeping Them the Cheapest Fruit on Earth

Why Are Bananas So Cheap? The Economic & Geopolitical Forces Keeping Them the Cheapest Fruit on Earth 1. Introduction: The Banana Price Paradox Bananas Are Cheap. Suspiciously Cheap. Everything at the grocery store has gotten more expensive. Eggs? Doubled. Beef?…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
March 16, 2025