D/CSIS Dan Rogers used his annual threats speech to warn that hostile services are simultaneously recruiting Canadians, routing Canadian technology into Russia's war machine, plotting lethal attacks on critics of Iran and exploiting Canadian data held under foreign laws. He also flagged a sharp rise in youth involvement in terrorism investigations and a steady drumbeat of extremist violence since 2014. Russia is depicted as using Canada primarily as a hi-tech supply base to feed its war in Ukraine. European-based front companies approach Canadian firms to acquire sensitive goods which were tied to Russian agents. Once Canadian products reach Russia, they are "used to support Russian military efforts in Ukraine and elsewhere." Since 2014, Canada has suffered 20 violent extremist attacks that killed 29 people and created at least 60 victims in total. Over just the past three years, CSIS has disrupted 24 violent extremist actions.

D/CSIS Rogers noted a particularly stark metric is the age profile of suspects. "Nearly one in ten" terrorism investigations at CSIS now includes at least one subject under 18. He stressed that only a small fraction of youth or adults with extreme views actually move to violence, yet when they do the "consequences are devastating." China presents the most sophisticated and active cyber threat to Canada and has interfered in its elections. The rightwing Hindu-dominated government of India has targeted Sikhs seeking an independent Khalistan with violence. This year Canadian security services neutralized a well-armed rightwing white supremacist war cell of current and former military personnel in Quebec. Strict firearm laws and a strong social safety net are factors in reducing the threat of extremist violence in Canada, unlike the opposite environment in the US. Link: Chinese Influence Ops in Canada.