Trudeau Liberals Eye Security Threats to Canada’s Economy With Governmentwide Plan

Trudeau Liberals Eye Security Threats to Canada’s Economy With Governmentwide Plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference in Ottawa on February 26, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is pressing ahead with efforts to counter economic-based threats to national security, such as theft of valuable intellectual property and damage to critical energy and information networks.

In its newly published plan for the coming year, Public Safety Canada says it will lead the development of a comprehensive framework across the government to deal with the broad range of risks to Canada’s economic well-being.