Fearmongering About Canada's Supply ChainPrior to doses of a COVID-19 vaccine being shipped across the country, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) held a briefing for companies involved in the vaccine supply chain. News reports on the CSIS briefing report predictions of threats to Canada's supply chain by "malicious foreign actors" who would exploit "vulnerabilities" of companies which form part of the supply chain and their workers. "CSIS observes persistent and sophisticated state-sponsored threat activity, including harm to individual Canadian companies, as well as the mounting toll on Canada's vital assets and knowledge-based economy," said a spokesperson for the agency. "As a result, CSIS is working closely with government partners to ensure that as many Canadian businesses and different levels of government as possible are aware of the threat environment and that they have the information they need to implement pre-emptive security measures." When asked to specify which countries, the spokesperson referred to a July briefing that CSIS gave to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce that highlighted China and Russia as countries actively involved in commercial espionage. A December 17 item from CBC News cites various self-described "intelligence analysts" who take their cue from CSIS's fearmongering to run wild with their own spectres of possible "security threats."
Former CSIS director Ward Elcock is quoted as saying that organized crime is a threat. "If you're a criminal organization, you can make money out of anything. People make money off of cigarettes. They make money off of drugs. This is no different than any other commodity." Of course, the new vaccines are unstable and difficult to transport, requiring specialized refrigeration infrastructure that is not readily available. What purpose is served by a country's security establishment sowing doubt about a modern society's ability to transport vaccines safely, except for that security establishment to have increased funds and deployment? One participant in the briefing noted that the supply chain is very "data rich" which makes it a target. A spokesperson for the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said, "CSE and its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security continue to work with our domestic and international partners to support the Government of Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine research and distribution. It is always important to note that we continue to monitor for cyber threats through our foreign intelligence mandate. We are working with our Canadian security and intelligence partners, including the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, to address foreign and cyber threats facing Canada." Major-General Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccination logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada, stated that "the underlying issue that you're raising here is that we need to ensure that some information is not divulged, for obvious reasons. So when it comes to the exact routing [of vaccine shipments], we prefer not to disclose the routing, the exact location or transfer points in the cold chain to protect the integrity of the ... supply chain." All of it indicates that those claiming to be responsible or knowledgeable about "security threats" to Canada and its vaccine supply chain are part of an outlook based on the premise that all countries must submit to U.S. domination, and those that do not constitute a threat to security. They seek to take advantage of people's high anxiety about COVID-19 to justify increased powers for the state security agencies, instead of uniting their thinking in actions which defend rights. In the name of defending Canada against "malicious foreign actors," Canadians are to rely on malicious foreign actors (e.g., the U.S. imperialists, NATO, etc.), because agencies in the service of those very malicious foreign actors say they can be trusted. It makes no sense.
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One such analyst
suggests that the vaccine supply chain is "perhaps" a target because
Canada's adversaries would benefit from Canada not having access to
vaccines or not having a fully vaccinated population, or to undermine
confidence in the distribution system. She goes on to concoct that a
militant terrorist faction of those opposed to vaccines could seek to
disrupt their distribution. She concludes saying that if state security
agencies and the police are briefing those in the supply chain, then
there must be threat. This despite the many well-known examples of
fearmongering, black ops and state-organized terrorist activity by the
police and security agencies, to undermine and criminalize the people's
movement and organizations.