Podcast appearances and mentions of leah west

From October 19, 2019: It's been a horrible week in northeastern Syria. The U.S. abandoned its Kurdish allies after the president had a conversation by phone with Turkish President Erdogan and pulled the plug on the stabilizing U.S. presence in the region. The Turkish government began a major incursion over the border, which has produced significant casualties and major questions about ISIS detainees in Kurdish custody.To talk through it all, we pulled together quite a group. In the first half of the podcast, Benjamin Wittes spoke with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Scott R. Anderson and Dan Byman, both of Brookings and Lawfare. In the second half, Ben sat down with Oula A. Alrifai, a fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Leah West, a Lecturer of International Affairs at Carleton University in Canada.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sept. 18, 2023 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the government of India of involvement in the fatal shooting of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Power & Politics speaks to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and national security law expert Leah West about the stunning revelation.

Prof. Ryan Alford, Prof. Leah West, Asher Honickman, and Cara Zwibel discuss the Emergencies Act and the 'Freedom Convoy' in a conversation moderated by Prof. Malcolm Lavoie. Please note that this panel was recorded before the Public Order Emergency Commission released its report regarding the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

The federal government has agreed to repatriate 19 women and children from detention camps for suspected ISIS members in Syria, while a judge has also ordered that four men be brought back. We discuss what happens next with Leah West, a national security expert and assistant professor at Carleton University; and BBC journalist Josh Baker, whose new podcast looks at the story of Shamima Begum, a British teenager who went to Syria to join ISIS in 2015.

Judy Trinh, CTV News; Leah West, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; Richard Madan, CTV News; Siobhan Morris, CTV News; Retired General Rick Hillier, former chief of defence staff; Kathleen Wynne, former Ontario premier; Christy Clark, former B.C. premier; and Darrell Dexter, former N.S. premier.

This week on “It's Political,” we dig into the government's rationale for invoking the Emergencies Act to end last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests. First, Toronto Star reporters Tonda MacCharles and Alex Ballingall will walk us through all of the drama and pivot points exposed during the Public Order Emergency Commission's hearings. The parade of high-profile witnesses and thousands of internal documents, including private correspondence, offered an unprecedented look inside government decision-making, and some of the stresses within federal-provincial relations. Then, we'll sit down with national security law expert Leah West and national security expert Stephanie Carvin, both from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, to discuss that critical question: did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government meet the legal threshold required to use the Emergencies Act? Their answers may surprise you. Thanks this week to CPAC, the Public Order Emergency Commission, CBC and Global for some of the clips used during this episode. “It's Political” is produced by Althia Raj and Michal Stein. Sean Pattendon mixes the program. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel.

The honking may have stopped in Ottawa, but the debate over the Emergencies Act is far from over. Following the invocation of the Act, there is a requirement for two reviews to take place – one by Parliamentarians, and the other a broader look at government actions. Hopefully, this will contribute to a better understanding of what happened, why, and whether the Trudeau governments actions were appropriate. To discuss these reviews, and the need for transparency, Stephanie sits down with Leah West and Thomas Juneau. They also discuss the implications of the Convoy for the national security community going forward – an issue that Intrepid will certainly be returning to over the next few months. Leah West's guide to the legal thresholds of the Emergencies Act (mentioned in the podcast) can be found on the Intrepid Podcast blog here: https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/blog/2022/2/17/public-order-emergency-a-guide-to-thinking-through-the-legal-thresholds-and-its-justification*Programming note: we will be returning soon with more content regarding events in Ukraine. 2022 shows no signs of slowing down.

After several weeks of protests, occupation, and border crossing blocking, the Canadian government took the unprecedented step last week of invoking the Emergencies Act. The situation is rapidly evolving and still being debated in the House of Commons. Dr. Leah West is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and one of Canada's leading experts on national security law. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss rules surrounding the Emergencies Act and the implications of the government's recent move to invoke it. The podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod. Show Notes: Leah West, Public Order Emergency: A Guide to Thinking Through the Legal Thresholds and Its Justification Jessica Davis, Insight Intelligence CCLA Files Judicial Review Credits: Guardian News, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act over Protests

In this brief episode, Jessica Davis, President of Insight Threat Intelligence, provides us with an overview of everything that has happened with finances around the Convoy since the GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign was closed. From the collapse of other crowdfunding campaigns, to Emergencies Act legislation that targets the personal and corporate accounts of Convoy supporters, to the inevitable cryptocurrency discussion, there is a lot to consider. Will this crisis lead Canada to better resource its anti-money laundering resources? See Jessica's latest for the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), “Crowdfunding and Protest Financing: Emergency Law in Canada”: https://gnet-research.org/2022/02/18/crowdfunding-and-protest-financing-emergency-law-in-canada/ While you are waiting for more Emergencies Act content, please check out Leah West's guide on the Intrepid Podcast website: https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/blog/2022/2/17/public-order-emergency-a-guide-to-thinking-through-the-legal-thresholds-and-its-justification This episode was recorded on Friday 18 February at 12:30pm.

 With the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time since its adoption in 1988, Nate is joined by national security experts Leah West and Wesley Wark on the question of whether the Act is a justified response to the illegal blockades across our country.Dr. Leah West is a professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, the co-author of the textbook National Security Law, and one of the hosts of the Intrepid Podcast. She previously served as Counsel with the Department of Justice in the National Security Litigation and Advisory Group, and before that she served in the Armed Forces for ten years as an armoured officer. Wesley Wark is a CIGI senior fellow, and recently retired from U of T's Munk School. From 2005-2009, he served on the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on National Security, he's the co-editor of Secret Intelligence, a book in the field of intelligence studies, and former editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security. He's previously provided advice to the Minister of Public Safety on national security legislation and policy, and I've had the opportunity to engage with him when he's attended as a witness at our parliamentary committee hearings. 

Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Colin D'Mello, CTV News; Glen McGregor, CTV News; Leah West, Carleton University; Chris Lewis, CTV News Public Safety Analyst; Chris Fadden, Former CSIS Director; Bill Blair, Emergency Preparedness Minister; Rachel Blaney, NDP MP; Stephanie Levitz, the Toronto Star; Ian Bailey, the Globe and Mail; and Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber of Commerce & former Defence Minister. Live News Conferences: Superintendent Roberta McKale, Alberta RCMP; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland; David Lametti, Justice Minster; Marco Mendicino, Public Safety Minister; Bill Blair, Emergency Preparedness Minister; Candice Bergen, Conservative Interim Leader; and Luc Berthold, Conservative Party Quebec Lieutenant.

The federal government has invoked the Emergencies Act in a bid to end the protests that have gripped Ottawa and blockaded border crossings. Matt Galloway asks Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair why this step was taken now, and what happens next; and talks to Leah West, an expert on national security law, about whether the legal threshold to invoke the act has been met.

We spoke with national security law expert Leah West. Dr. West is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode was recorded at 2pm on Friday February 11, 2022. As the Convoy currently occupying Ottawa continues into third week, and its supporters attempt to spread the movement across major Canadian cities and ports of entry, is solving this crisis a problem of law or enforcement? Mike Nesbitt joins Stephanie through some of the proposed legal options. Is this terrorism? Sedition? Treason? Or is it … surprisingly… a lot of mischief? Do we actually need emergency powers to fix this? Note: the podcast has already covered the use of emergency powers in prior episodes. See Ep 121 https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/podcast/2020/3/19/ep-120-an-emergency-podcast-on-emergency-law You can also check out emergency law through this online chapter by Craig Forcese and Leah West: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3554318 There is also a short video available through Intrepid University: https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/university

From July 28, 2020: For a while, there have been large numbers of alleged former Islamic State state fighters and affiliates detained by the Iraqi government and by autonomous authorities in Syria. The fate of these detainees—and the more than 60,000 people in refugee affiliated with the men who live in refugee camps in the region—remains a pressing national security issue for countries in the region, as well as the United States and its Western allies. To talk about the situation, Jacob Schulz spoke with Bobby Chesney, Lawfare co-founder and professor of law at the University of Texas; Vera Mironova, a research fellow at Harvard and, among other things, author of a recent Lawfare post on trials of Islamic State fighters in Iraq; and Leah West, a lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and a fellow at the McCain Institute. They talked about how the trials have gone in Iraq and Syria; how the U.S., Canada and European countries have responded to the situation; and what lessons can be drawn from U.S. experiences with post-9/11 detention and trials of suspected terrorists.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Late last week and early this week saw fighting between Islamic State fighters and Syrian democratic forces after the Islamic State attempted a jailbreak of a Kurdish prison containing significant numbers of alleged Islamic State fighters. The makeshift jail housed Syrians, Iraqis, and also alleged fighters from Western Europe and North Africa. It's the most significant jailbreak since ISIS's territorial defeat—and a major national security story that's gone under the radar.To talk it all through and to think about the scale of the damage and all of the things that led to this point, Jacob Schulz talked with Leah West, assistant professor of international affairs at Carleton University, and Louisa Loveluck, the Baghdad bureau chief at the Washington Post. They broke down what's happened so far and what to make of it all. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Defence Minister Anita Anand, Gen. Wayne Eyre and deputy defence minister Jody Thomas apologized on Monday to the women and men whose lives were scarred by sexual assault and discrimination in the military. We discuss the apology and changing the culture within the Canadian Armed Forces with Leah West, who served as an armoured officer for a decade and is now an assistant professor at Carleton University; and Maj. Donna Riguidel, the co-founder of Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group.

Anita Anand, Defence Minister; Maj.-Gen. (Ret'd) David Fraser, former commander of NATO Forces in Afghanistan; Ahmad Sayed, former Afghan interpreter; Hon. Cpt. (N) Debbie Eisan, Royal Canadian Navy; Genevieve Beauchemin, CTV News; Robert Benzie, the Toronto Star; Leah West, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; and Debbie Lowther, VETS Canada.

Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister; Joyce Napier, CTV News; Scott Reid, CTV News Political Commentator; Jenni Byrne, Jenni Byrne + Associates; Farouk Karim, former NDP press secretary; Tonda MacCharles, the Toronto Star; Karl Dockstader, One Dish, One Mic; Glen McGregor, CTV News; and Leah West, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair; Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili; Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman; Carleton University's Leah West; The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles; CTV News' Joyce Napier; WHO's Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum and Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj.

A terrorism hoax charge has been withdrawn years after a Burlington, Ont., man told multiple journalists that he had travelled to Syria and worked as an executioner for ISIS. An RCMP investigation then found no evidence that Shehroze Chaudhry, now 26, went to Syria or joined the terrorist organization.Leah West, national security lawyer and professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, discusses how the story of an ISIS fighter among us sparked a political scandal and stoked public fear that has affected how our country is dealing with Canadians who really did go fight overseas and are now being detained there – along with their children.

Over the weekend, news broke about U.S. prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia indicting Mohammed Khalifa, a Canadian who traveled to Syria in 2013 and later joined the Islamic state where he became the English language voice for a series of Islamic State propaganda videos. The indictment is a big deal, both because of the person it implicates and because it's a U.S. court trying a Canadian man for crimes committed in Iraq and Syria. To break it all down, Jacob Schulz spoke with Leah West of Carleton University in Canada, and with Amarnath Amarasingam of Queen's University in Canada. The two are experts on Canadian foreign fighters leaving Canada to go join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and they're also in the unique position of having interviewed Khalifa at a Syrian Democratic Forces prison. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, is free, having been put on a flight from Canada back to her native China. Moments later, two Canadians held in China were also freed and put on flights back to Canada in what many are describing as hostage diplomacy by the People's Republic of China. The United States had indicted Wanzhou and Huawei for bank fraud but dropped the indictment against her at least, having reached a deferred prosecution agreement with her in which she gave statements that may be used against Huawei. To go over all of the angles, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Pete Strzok, former deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI; Julian Ku, a professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law; and Leah West of Carleton University in Canada.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What was supposed to be a committee examining the relationship between Canada and China has turned into something of a constitutional crisis. Opposition MPs on the ad-hoc Canada-China Committee are demanding access to classified documents to find out the reasons two scientists were fired from the National Microbiology Lab. The entire affair has led to the trashing of one of Canada's few national security transparency and oversight institutions, the shutting down of committees, government officials being publicly scolded and a cameo no one expected – Section 38 of the Canada Evidence Act. There is a lot to unpack here. So Stephanie sits down with Leah West and Philippe Lagassé to discuss the matter, what went wrong, why everyone is to blame – and whether it's all academic because and election is coming our way. Please note, this podcast was recorded on July 13, 2021. We did experience a few technical difficulties, so please excuse the recording!

Today's guests: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor and Scientific Director, Fiscal and Economic Policy School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Dr. Leah West, Assistant Professor & Associate Director (Admissions and Recruitment), Norman Paterson School of International Affairs - Carleton University Tristin Hopper, Reporter - National Post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guests:  Stewart Bell, National Online Journalist, Investigative - Global News Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University James Daschuk, assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies - University of Regina Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Cara Zwibel, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Dr. Gerald Evans, Chair, Division of Infectious Disease, Queen's University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadian man Nathaniel Veltman has been charged with murder in the case of the Azfaal family in London, Ontario. Veltman deliberately rammed his truck into them when they were out for a stroll in early June in what police called a premeditated attack. Four people were killed and a nine-year-old boy was injured. Now, for the first time in Canada, prosecutors say they plan to charge a person with terrorism in a case that involves an alleged Islamophobic act. Some legal experts say that adding the terrorism charge signals a shift in how Canada prosecutes those accused of terrorist activity. Related: Canada grapples with Islamophobia after killing of a Muslim familyCanadian Muslims welcomed the news that Veltman would be charge with terrorism. “It says to the Muslim community, we value the Muslim community and we will push for accountability."Nawaz Tahir, spokesperson, London osque“It says to the Muslim community, we value the Muslim community and we will push for accountability,” said Nawaz Tahir, a spokesperson for the London mosque.Terrorism has been a criminal offense in Canada since the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The law has been used almost exclusively to prosecute people with ties to Islamist groups. Tahir said that's left many Muslims feeling frustrated.“The frustration is, well, when Canadian Muslims are being killed and it appears to be an act of terror, why haven't terrorism charges been used?” he said.Tahir points to a shooting rampage at the Quebec City mosque in 2017. Six people died and five were injured. The shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette, was sentenced to 40 years for murder — the longest sentence in Canadian history. But he was never charged with terrorism.  “There was a lot of anger about whether the justice system was serious about protecting Muslims,” Tahir said. Related: France grieves victims of Nice church knife attackLike most democracies, Canada defines terrorism as the use of violence that is meant to coerce or scare people. But prosecutors also have to prove that an alleged terrorist act was motivated by religion, politics or ideology.Wesley Wark, an anti-terrorism expert at the University of Ottawa, said that unless there's clear evidence, like a confession or a written manifesto, the chances of ideological motivation “may be slim.”Adding a terrorism charge to an existing murder charge doesn't increase the sentence. So, Wark said, it's a safer bet to stick with murder. “The implications of losing such a case if you lay terrorism charges and other criminal code charges is really devastating."Wesley Wark, anti-terrorism expert, University of Ottawa“The implications of losing such a case if you lay terrorism charges and other criminal code charges is really devastating,” he said. “It's devastating to relations of the victims. It's devastating to the government's efforts to counter terrorism in all kinds of obvious ways. It's an embarrassment.”Related: French teacher's murder widens France-Turkey rift over secularismBut national security expert Leah West said the balance between getting a guaranteed conviction and sending a message about terrorism has started to shift."There is a sense that the public interest does weigh in favor of actually denouncing the act of violence as terrorism — not just to denounce this type of activity for those who might seek to engage or who have similar belief systems — but also to signal to the communities that they have been the targets of terrorism..."Leah West, national security expert"There is a sense that the public interest does weigh in favor of actually denouncing the act of violence as terrorism — not just to denounce this type of activity for those who might seek to engage or who have similar belief systems — but also to signal to the communities that they have been the targets of terrorism, and what they are suffering from is victimization by a terrorist group or a terrorist,” she said.West said that it reflects a change in the type of terrorist activity on security officials' radar, which previously focused on Islamist-inspired extremism. Related: The Proud Boys disbands in Canada, denies being a terrorist group“Individuals can be motivated to take terrorist acts by all kinds of ideologies and belief systems, and we're seeing those increasingly target various communities within Canada,” she said.Reports from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service say there's been an increase in ideologically-motivated extremism, and the national Royal Canadian Mounted Police force has flagged concerns about the rapid growth of “hateful” and ideologically-motivated extremism online. Security officials say the threat posed by xenophobic, mysogynist and anti-government groups and ideologies is greater than ever. Police in London, Ontario, still haven't said which evidence they have that shows the attack on the Afzaal family was ideologically motivated. But Nawaz Tahir said Muslims in the community are shaken to the core. He said many are questioning whether they need to take steps to hide their Muslim faith.“Some people have asked, you know, should I go for a walk if I'm wearing traditional clothing? Some women have asked, should I now take off my hijab?” he said.He said a successful prosecution for terrorism, as well as for murder, could be the start of their healing.

Join Amos Vang as he interviews Royal Canadian Dragoon veteran, world-class volleyball player, lawyer and law professor Leah West on her career journey from the Royal Military College to the 2004 World Volleyball Championships to Afghanistan to law school and to a legal career in national security. Bold and swift: these are the virtues of a Royal Canadian Dragoon that a law student and lawyer can apply to their own careers.  Professor West emphasizes the importance of a leadership mindset in her professional pursuits, especially during her time in Afghanistan.  Simultaneously, Professor West also emphasizes the importance of teamwork and inspiring others through one's actions.  Especially in the COVID-19 pandemic, leadership and teamwork are two of the most important qualities that a person must learn to succeed in any industry. You can follow Professor West on Twitter: @leahwest_nsl You can find Professor West's book (co-authored alongside Professor Craig Forcese) here: https://irwinlaw.com/product/national-security-law-2-e/  You can follow Professor West's INTREPID podcast here: https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/ 

In the 51st episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the terrorist attack in London, Ontario, the NATO Summit, and Lt. Gen Rouleau's decision to play golf with Vance. Today's feature interview guest is Dr. Leah West, [22:15], lawyer and Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. This week's RnR segment [44:40], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve's RnR picks for the week are: 1. modok – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9811118/ 2. Girls5Eva – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11650492/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 3. We Are Lady Parts – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10846104/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Evan Solomon discusses Lieutenant-General Michael Rouleau resigning from his role as second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces after golfing with Gen. Vance.  On today's show:  Leah West, a former armoured officer and now an assistant professor at Carleton University, discusses the resignation of Lieutenant-General Michael Rouleau. Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, talks about the resignation of the second-in-command of the CAF.  Jane 'Nightbirde' Marczewski opens up about her golden buzzer performance on America's Got Talent, and her battle with terminal cancer.  Paul Storer, Vancouver's director of transportation, talks about a new plan to increase parking fees for drivers of new gas-powered cars.   

Power & Politics for Monday, June 14th with Parliamentary Secretary Anita Vandenbeld, Conservative Defence Critic James Bezan, NDP Deputy Whip Lindsay Mathyssen, International Development Minister Karina Gould, former Department of Justice national security lawyer Leah West, and the Power Panel.

Please note, this podcast contains references to sexual assault.In this episode, Stephanie and Amar sit down with Leah and guest LGen (retd) Mike Day who served with Joint Task Force Two (JTF2) and Canada's Special Operations Forces Command. The four discuss the issues surrounding the long-standing issue of sexual assault in the military. How did we get to this point? Why has this issue never been fully addressed? What, if anything can be done about it? Are there reasons to have hope? This podcast was recorded on 5 May 2021 but was delayed due to technical issues. You can watch Leah West's testimony on these issues to the House of Commons Status of Women Committee hearing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4d2XG3cZI

Today's guests: Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Dr. David Naylor, member - federal expert advisory panel / Co-chair - Covid-19 Immunity Task Force / Professor of Medicine and President Emeritus, University of Toronto Mark Agnew, Vice President of Policy and International Affairs - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Dr. Patrice Dutil, Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration - Ryerson University / Senior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History, University of Toronto / Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute David O'Keefe, Military Historian / best-selling author/ Prof of History / Documentarian / Author of numerous books, most recently "Seven Days in Hell: Canada's Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch Snipers" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Power & Politics with London Mayor Ed Holder, National Council of Canadian Muslims chief operating officer Nadia Hasan, former CSIS analyst Jessica Davis, former Department of Justice national security lawyer Leah West, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal MP Kate Young, Conservative MP Karen Vecchio, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock, and the Power Panel.

Last week, the Ontario Court of Justice issued a decision holding that Iran engaged in a terrorism offence in downing Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 in January 2020, and therefore is civilly liable under Canada's Justice for the Victims of Terrorism Act (JVTA) (and related provisions in the State Immunity Act). Craig invites Thomas Juneau, Leah West and Michael Nesbitt to discuss the background to this lawsuit and to the JVTA (and related State Immunity Act provisions). Leah and Michael then lay out their concerns and criticism of the Ontario court's reasoning, also discussed in their recent blog post.

Leah West served in the Canadian military for 10 years, until 2012. During that time, she was sexually assaulted, and she's now speaking out about the need to confront sexual misconduct in Canada's Armed Forces.

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast Vaccine eligibility is expanding in Ontario today. Scott found out more from Michelle Baird, about what is happening in the city of Hamilton. Guest: Michelle Baird, Director of Operations for Public Health Services with the City of Hamilton  - More Pfizer vaccines are on the way into Canada. To talk about about this as well as to answer pressing COVID-19 question, Dr. Khalid returned to the show. Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy expert - How is the pandemic affected the moods of Canadians, and what can we expect in a post-pandemic world? Dr. Peter Bieling discussed all this, as well as post-traumatic growth, with Scott. Guest: Dr. Peter Bieling, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry And Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and Vice President and Director of Mental Health And Addiction Program, St. Joseph’s Hospital - In March, Doctor Leah West spoke with the New York Times about her experiences with sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. She joined the Scott to discuss the latest revelations about General Vance and the culture within the CAF. Guest: Dr. Leah West, Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs with Carleton University Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott Thompson Content Producer - Jordan Armenise Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie and Craig are back with the latest discussion of key court decisions affecting national security law. Here, we take a quick look at the thorny issue of disclosure of information by the government in criminal cases, governed by several key section 7 cases. We discuss Stinchcombe and O'Connor. And then segue into how national security confidentiality privileges under section 38 of the Canada Evdence Act feed into the discussion. Here, we chat about Ribic and Ahmad. Once again, Craig has prepared a “Charter Short” providing a video primer on section 7 and criminal law disclosure. You may want to view this first. For a deeper dive on the “intelligence to evidence” issues this system of disclosure raises, see this article by Leah West and this article by Craig Forcese.

Today's guests: Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Dr. Jim Kellner, pediatrician and subspecialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services for the Calgary Zone Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University / co-editor - "Stress Tested: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security." Ken Kobly, President and CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Dr Jennifer Mather, Professor at the University of Lethbridge (Expertise -Behaviour of cephalopod molluscs) / Scientific adviser - "My Octopus Teacher" (winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During the pandemic we have heard a lot about state actors engaging in threat-related activity. But what are non-state actors up to? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Alex Wilner and Casey Babb to discuss their forthcoming chapter on this very question. Wilner and Baab identify three major activities that non-state actors are engaging in online: delegitimation, recruitment and incitement. After describing these activities, the three discuss what might be done about this problem. At a time when Parliament is investigating the regulation of social media companies, are there options for both the government and private sector to curb the risk of violence? Note - Wilner and Babb's chapter will be appearing in Leah West, Thomas Juneau, and Amarnath Amarasingam, eds. Stress Tested: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security. Calgary: University of Calgary Press – open source and out this spring! Stay tuned to the podcast and Intrepidpodcast.com for more information.

Power & Politics for Wednesday, February 3rd with International Development Minister Karina Gould, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, the Power Panel, former Department of Justice national security lawyer Leah West, former CSIS strategic analysis Jessica Davis, and Adrian Hill, who was one of the researchers involved in discovering the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

We spoke with Dr. Leah West, Assistant Professor & Associate Director (Admissions and Recruitment) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak to Procurement Min. Anita Anand about when Canadians will have access to rapid testing. Former Ont. Health Min., Dr. Eric Hoskins on the province's gathering restrictions. The Turkish Ambassador to Canada on the escalating conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Former national security lawyer in the Dept. of Justice, Leah West on the plight of Canadians being held in Syrian camps and prisons.

On September 25, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested a Canadian man for faking his involvement in the Islamic State. It’s a strange charge, but the situation is made more complicated by the fact that the man—who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Huzayfah—was the primary subject of “Caliphate” a popular New York Times podcast series about the Islamic State. In that series, Abu Huzayfah talked at length about spending time with the Islamic State and rehashed in great detail his involvement in the executions of prisoners detained by the group. It’s a complicated set of facts with a lot to unpack. Do we have any real sense of what happened? What features of the Canadian national security apparatus might have contributed to the bizarre situation? And what does the whole ordeal reveal about the challenges and pitfalls of telling stories about the war on terror? To talk through everything, Jacob Schulz spoke with Leah West, a lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and a fellow at the McCain Institute, and Amarnath Amarasingam, an assistant professor in the School of Religion at Queen’s University.

We spoke with Leah West, lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the inevitable “beginning of the academic year” pause, Season 4 of INTREPID continues. In this episode, Leah West, Jess Davies and Mike Nesbitt begin to go through a busy summer's worth of national security cases. They start with the Abu Huzayfah terrorism hoax charge, then two travel-related cases (resuscitated from 2014!) in Calgary and, briefly, the attempted ricin poisoning of Donald Trump by a Canadian/French citizen.

For a while, there have been large numbers of alleged former Islamic State state fighters and affiliates detained by the Iraqi government and by autonomous authorities in Syria. The fate of these detainees—and the more than 60,000 people affiliated with the men who live in refugee camps in the region—remains a pressing national security issue for countries in the region, as well as the United States and its Western allies. To talk about the situation, Jacob Schulz spoke with Bobby Chesney, Lawfare co-founder and professor of law at the University of Texas; Vera Mironova, a research fellow at Harvard and, among other things, author of a recent Lawfare post on trials of Islamic State fighters in Iraq; and Leah West, a lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and a fellow at the McCain Institute. They talked about how the trials have gone in Iraq and Syria; how the U.S., Canada and European countries have responded to the situation; and what lessons can be drawn from U.S. experiences with post-9/11 detention and trials of suspected terrorists.

Leah West and Craig Forcese are back with a second episode in the INTREPID special series on diversity and inclusion in Canada's security and intelligence community. They are joined by two fantastic guests from the Communications Security Establishment: Artur Wilczynski, Associate Deputy Chief SIGINT, & Nabih Eldebs, Director General of Policy, Disclosure and Review. After discussing Artur and Nabih's careers, we focus on the significance of diversity and inclusion for a foreign intelligence and cybersecurity organization like CSE. Thank you to Artur and Nabih for coming on the show.

The Canadian Armed Forces member arrested on Rideau Hall grounds faces 22 charges. Former Department of Justice national security lawyer Leah West weighs in on the case. Plus, the federal ethics watchdog launches a probe of Trudeau over the WE charity contract. And Canada suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over new Chinese security law.

Award winning Singer-Songwriter Leah West joins me this week. While you may know her for her incredible voice we dive more into her life as a mother and how we can bond with our kids during a time that maybe considered dark in history. I always say it's a great interview if I don't have to ask any of my questions that I have written prior to our chat and that's exactly what happened during my discussion with Leah West. Please show her some support by checking out her music and social links below Leah West Facebook Twitter Instagram Guardian Angel by Leah West Please leave me a voice message via anchor to have your questions or thoughts played on the next episode or email me at parentquestpodcast@gmail.com. If you are listening on iTunes please leave Parent Quest a 5 star review and share with your friends! Follow me at any of the social links below: Twitter Facebook Instagram --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parent-quest/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/parent-quest/support

Stephanie, Craig and Leah West assemble to walk through a range of actual and possible legal responses to COVID-19. We talk: Quarantine Act; Aeronautics Act; provincial public health law; provincial emergency law; federal emergency law; and the deployment of the Canadian Armed Forces. We're try to guess ahead on what might be coming, as well as looking at what has happened, and talk about some of the (legal) pros and cons. The chapter we mention in the podcast is here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3554318 Stay healthy everyone!

The U.S. killing of Iranian major general Qassem Soleimani last week is a sudden escalation of the tensions that have been playing out between the U.S. and Iran since the US pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. National security expert Leah West joins Tamara Khandaker to explain how we got here, how Iran might retaliate, and what's at stake for Canada.

It's been a horrible week in northeastern Syria. The U.S. abandoned its Kurdish allies after the president had a conversation by phone with Turkish President Erdogan and pulled the plug on the stabilizing U.S. presence in the region. The Turkish government began a major incursion over the border, which has produced significant casualties and major questions about ISIS detainees in Kurdish custody. To talk through it all, we pulled together quite a group. In the first half of the podcast, Benjamin Wittes spoke with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Scott R. Anderson and Dan Byman, both of Brookings and Lawfare. In the second half, Ben sat down with Oula A. Alrifai, a fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Leah West, a Lecturer of International Affairs at Carleton University in Canada.

Intrepid Podcast Editors, Leah West and Amar Amarasingam travelled to the Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria where Islamic State prisoners are being held. This was a week before US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw troops from the region, causing chaos in an already fragile situation. On Tuesday October 8, before Turkish armed forces began striking Kurdish positions, Stephanie interviewed Leah and Amar about what they saw, including conditions in the camp, riots and talking to Canadian prisoners. We should note that Leah and Amar accompanied Global News Reporter, Stewart Bell as consultants. Listeners who want to learn more should check out Stewart's reporting.

Things in Syria are moving at a dizzying pace. Today is the second part of our conversation with Global News investigative journalist Stewart Bell, who recently returned from a reporting trip with Prof. Amarnath Amarasingam of Queen’s University, and Leah West, a national security law expert at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Host Tamara Khandaker is joined by both Stewart and Leah to discuss the Canadians they met while in Syria  ⁠— Canadians who left to join ISIS ⁠— and their families, who have since been captured by Kurdish forces and are now stuck in limbo, waiting to be set free or for Canada to bring them home. If you missed it on Friday, you can listen to the first part of our conversation with Stewart here, or scroll back in your feed.

The INTREPID team assembles: Stephanie hosts as Jessica Davis, Leah West and Michael Nesbitt join her for a discussion about the breaking news that a top RCMP intelligence official, Cameron Ortis, was arrested on September 13 and charged with violating the Security of Information Act (SOIA). Jess describes the kinds of information someone like Ortis would have access to and why it would be so dangerous if he committed the crimes of which he is accused. Leah and Mike discuss the rarely used SOIA and helpfully go through the charges to explain them and what it tells us about the case. Jess contemplates the damage that could be done. The group concludes by suggesting what they will be looking for as this case unfolds.

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Stephanie and Craig sat down with Michael Nesbitt, Leah West and Jess Davis (all founding editors of “A Blog Called INTREPID) while all were at the University of Toronto for an anti-terrorism conference. Recorded in the wood-paneled drawing room of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (complete with echo and people arriving for work treading on squeaky floors), our group offers up their thoughts on the top priorities in national security law and policy reform for the next year, after the federal election. Craig and Stephanie are on various travels for the balance of the month and will be back in early June. Thanks for listening.

Leah West is one of our faves and we couldn’t be happier to have her back on the podcast this week. She joined is for 15.1 and 15.5, so it seems only right to bring her on to close out the 2016 CrossFit Open! Not only do we recap the WODs we’ve seen so far, we of course get the full update on what Leah’s been up to this year: a move and a region change, a change in perspective on her training, and her new love for powerlifting. And of course predictions for 16.5! It’s the last week of the Open… Enjoy it and good luck!

Today we talk with Leah West and Stacy Diaz Apodaca about why strength training has became so popular with females in recent years and how they are using the sport of fitness to make their dreams and goals reality.

We’re back this week with Leah West to say goodbye to the 2015 CrossFit Open and discuss 15.5, including Leah’s advice for getting through this WOD: Just pick up the frickin barbell! We talk about how this year’s Open has differed from what we expected, and why nobody should ever have to do 14 minutes of wall balls and single unders ever again. We also talk about mental toughness, and get Leah’s take on the age-old question of what to do if your partner doesn’t love CrossFit as much as you do (or at all). Oh yeah, and Leah is sitting in first place in Puerto Rico going into the last week of the Open, so that’s also pretty amazing. Go Leah and good luck to everyone on 15.5!  

The Open is here! The Open is here! Holy Rich Froning and Mathew Fraser!! Wasn’t that amazing??? Were you freaking out as much as we were watching the announcement? Those T2B, those deadlifts, those…..Oh wait there’s an episode we have to get to here! This week we are joined by the strong, lovely Leah West as we break down 15.1 and talk shop about this year’s Open season. If you’re looking for tips on how to handle the first Open WOD look no further. We discuss how to handle competing and how to pace yourself during killer WODs like we’ll see in the next 5 weeks. Phew!! The nerves are starting already….and we love it. This is Crossfit!!

Zie: http://www.allround-fotografie.com/bruidsreportage/ - Voor de trouwreportage van de trouwdag van Corina en Marco reisden twee van onze trouwfotografen op 7 oktober 2011 om zes uur in de ochtend af naar Roosendaal (Noord-Brabant). Daar begon de ene trouwfotograaf met het vastleggen van de voorbereidingen van de bruid en de andere fotograaf met het de voorbereidingen van de bruidegom en het ophalen van de bloemen. Marco kwam zijn bruid Corina en hun bruidsmeisje/dochtertje Nandi ophalen in een mooie zilvergrijze Excalibur. Wij gingen met het gezelschap naar Anno 1810 in het centrum van Roosendaal voor de huwelijksvoltrekking. Daarop volgde de lunch. Toen de lunch was genuttigd hebben we net over de grens in België foto's gemaakt met het bruidspaar en allerlei roofvogels (uilen, haviken etc.). Omdat het zo mooi fotograferen was met die fascinerende dieren was het eventjes haasten om op tijd in de Volksabdij in Ossendrecht te zijn voor de kerkelijke inzegening. Het bruidspaar kwam binnengeschreden op de song "Beyond Words" van Leah West, die we ook in hun trouwvideo hebben opgenomen. Toen de trouwringen aan de handen waren geschoven en de dienst ten einde was, werden er ballonnen opgelaten voor het bruidspaar en hebben we groepsfoto's gemaakt. Het diner vond ook plaats bij de Volksabdij, evenals het bruiloftsfeest. Tegen half tien 's avonds zat onze taak erop en konden wij met meer dan voldoende mooi fotomateriaal terug naar huis.