To counter terrorism, CSIS works with other government departments and agencies to deny entry into Canada of known or suspected terrorists. It also maintains liaison with foreign intelligence services and, here at home, with various communities and groups to identify emerging threats. In this regard, I would like to note that this government is concerned that recent arrivals to Canada not be victimized or manipulated by homeland governments or extremist groups. These recent arrivals have come to a new land to escape such conflict. The disintegration of the Soviet Union has lifted the lid on a boiling cauldron of ethnic nationalism.
Disruption is rife and the waves caused are already lapping at our shores.
The disruption of governments in some countries are making the work of CSIS and its allied counterparts around the world ever more difficult. A mixture of ethnic, religious, ideological, economic and territorial pressures has increased instability in many regions around the world. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, continues to be worrisome. The increased availability of nuclear technology and the aspirations of some countries to acquire nuclear bomb-making capability are profoundly disturbing. And, as the nature of power changes, many countries are turning their intelligence services to the business of economic espionage, primarily in the developed Western world.