Jul 23, 2026 · 52 min · 12 segments
For years Canada seemed to be the more peaceful part of North America. But that narrative is changing. Recently a Toronto police officer was shot while investigating a series of shootings in the…
Christopher CoatesHostGary, you argued that Canada is facing a convergence of criminal and national security threats.
Well, as you sort of started off with Christopher, converging threats, they're not isolated to criminal or security issues.
And what we have to recognize today is that organized crime, hostile foreign states, cyber criminals, terrorists, sanctioned evaders, and corrupt networks increasingly work together.
And they all exploit the same financial systems, technology, and vulnerabilities to achieve different objectives.
Money laundering networks, shell companies, underground banking systems, cryptocurrency channels, and corrupt professionals all play a role in what we're seeing today, and they've all come together.
So 20 years ago, how would police and intelligence agencies view these threats differently? What's changed?
Criminal organizations, we had investigative units, and again, they were siloed as well.
And so all of those things were looked at as sidles, and they really didn't cross paths.
Gary, you argued that Canada is facing a convergence of criminal and national security threats.
Well, as you sort of started off with Christopher, converging threats, they're not isolated to criminal or security issues.
And what we have to recognize today is that organized crime, hostile foreign states, cyber criminals, terrorists, sanctioned evaders, and corrupt networks increasingly work together.
And they all exploit the same financial systems, technology, and vulnerabilities to achieve different objectives.
Money laundering networks, shell companies, underground banking systems, cryptocurrency channels, and corrupt professionals all play a role in what we're seeing today, and they've all come together.
So 20 years ago, how would police and intelligence agencies view these threats differently? What's changed?
Criminal organizations, we had investigative units, and again, they were siloed as well.
And so all of those things were looked at as sidles, and they really didn't cross paths.
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