Smith: Should the Canadian government spy on economic targets abroad and share that intelligence with Canadian corporations?

By:
Gordon Smith
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11 October, 2013
By: Gordon Smith
Executive Director of the Centre for Global Studies and CIGI Distinguished Fellow

I do not know a major country that does not do some form of economic intelligence. But sharing with corporations is or should be a no no. Of course we know for China it is not a no no.

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