The Director of the Canada Security Intelligence Service outlined a number of threats to Canadian security and sovereignty in an address made yesterday.

Dan Rogers says Russia and China have a significant interest in Canada’s Arctic and the companies and governments developing its potential.

He warned that Russia remains unpredictable and aggressive with a significant military presence in the area.

Rogers also warned of the weaponization of Canada’s data which is increasingly being collected and stored outside the country.

“Canada’s data increasingly resides in the hands of foreign governments and the corporations in their jurisdictions,” says Rogers. “This arms states who may choose to act against Canada’s interests with new ways to weaponize data and information. In response, CSIS will be challenged to adopt technology and use data in new and more significant ways to keep Canadians safe and to secure an advantage for Canada.”

Rogers also addressed the radicalization of youth as a domestic threat. He presented a couple of recent examples.

“In May 2025, a 15-year-old Edmonton area minor was arrested for terrorism-related offences, as RCMP investigators feared they would commit serious violence related to COM 764, a trans-national violent online network that manipulates children and youth across widely-accessible online platforms.” He also referenced an incident in the Ottawa area in 2023-24. “Two 15-year-olds were arrested in Ottawa for allegedly conspiring to conduct a mass casualty attack targeting the Jewish community in Canada’s capital.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney hinted at a strategy to address data sovereignty during a major projects announcement in Terrace, B.C. yesterday.

He says major projects will be part of bigger, national strategies to boost Canada’s competitiveness. “To realize our country’s full potential as an energy superpower. by creating new trade and economic corridors that diversify our economy, and projects that help build Canada’s leadership in critical minerals to increase our independence. And also projects that we won’t discuss today but…will establish our data sovereignty so Canadians can be served safely and securely.’