What must be done to Balance Domestic Security with International

Running Head : National Security Policies and bs security in Canada

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Introduction

The security issues featuring in Canada are not new , such issues were undertaken so as to make Canada a peaceful , ly and to provide quality leadership to all Canadian citizens . Canada has faced a lot of threats hence finding it necessary to have a good National Security Policies . In the early 1919 Canada was faced with the influenza epidemic and after that , they faced the threat of the Soviet bombers (Smith

2003 . This led to the creation of NORAD . Canada National Security also has many occasions contributed to international peace keeping , which has taken place in countries like Afghanistan and also in the Vimy Ridge This issue and threats have been addressed by the Canadian security in an open nature . This involves being open even to the immigrants from other countries . HYPERLINK "http /www .pm .gc .ca /eng /media .asp ?id 1275 http /www .pm .gc .ca /eng /media .asp ?id 1275

But this openness has caused so much threat to the Canadian security due to the events , which took place in the September 11 , 2001 . This event was a great reminder to the tragic loss of 330 Canadian citizens who were traveling in an Air Indian plane . This has caused a lot of concern in the ways of addressing these issues . Also the 2003 black out and the outbreaks of SARS can really impact negatively on the lives of Canadian and also to the Canada economy . Other threats still exist in terms of crime and the natural disasters . HYPERLINK "http /www .carleton .ca /jmc /cnews /1 /connections /c3 .html http /www .carleton .ca /jmc /cnews /1 /connections /c3 .html

The Canadian government has taken other measure in responding to those increasing threats . In the recent years , Canada has added over 8billion investments in to fill all the gaps that existed in the Canada 's security . This approach will help in developing frameworks that will help in preventing any kind of security threat that might arise

Past b security arrangement

Canada is also involved in most of the international security affairs Canada has been involved in various international duties . This involves the services they provided during the cold war disarmament initiative their involvement in the United Nations peacekeeping and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO . HYPERLINK "http /www .canadafreepress .com /207 /cover092807 .html http /www .canadafreepress .com /207 /cover092807 .html

After the September 11 , the government of Canada confirmed that Canada will 100 commit its services to United Nations and also to NATO . They also announced that they are ready to counter any external threats especially terrorism . They are also helping in preventing the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction and also in assisting falling and failed states (Munton , Do , 2003

International Terrorism

Canada has been actively involved in campaigns against both Taliban and al-Qaeda regimes that has support terrorism practices over the years The Canadian government announced in 2001 that it would...