Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief


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OTTAWA — Canada's spy service warns that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity, including the possible loss of parts of British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces to rising sea levels. A newly released analysis by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service also foresees an increase in ideologically motivated violent extremism from people who want to speed up climate change solutions and those more interested in preserving their current way of life. The brief was prepared in April 2021 but only recently disclosed to The Canadian Press in response to an Access to Information request filed...