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Phil Gurski
Last published Aug. 2025 · On our record since 2016
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Gurski: How safe from attack can public events really be?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 5, 2025
- Gurski: Parliament Hill attack — 10 years later, jihadi terrorism still threatens usOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 22, 2024
- Gurski: What does it take to run Canada's spy agency?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 17, 2024
- Opinion: What does it take to run Canada's spy agency?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 14, 2024
- Gurski: Again, the Liberals show they don't really understand national securityOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 3, 2024
- Opinion: Don't mix politics with national securityOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 28, 2024
- Gurski: Canada must rebuild trust with the countries who share intelligence with usOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 4, 2024
- Opinion: Canada must rebuild trust with its spy partnersOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 2, 2024
- Gurski: Trudeau government shows it's not serious about foreign election-meddlingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 15, 2024
- Gurski: What the attack on a Moscow concert hall says about terrorismOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 25, 2024
- Phil Gurski: What the attack on a Moscow concert hall says about terrorismOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 24, 2024
- Gurski: Canada’s foreign interference threat may be worse than we thoughtOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 5, 2024
- Gurski: Emergencies Act ruling should be a stern lesson to government about free speechOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 25, 2024
- Opinion: Emergencies Act ruling a stern lesson about free speechOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 24, 2024
- Gurski: Emergencies Act ruling should be a stern lesson to government about free speechOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 24, 2024
- Phil Gurski: Emergencies Act ruling should be a stern lesson to government about free speechOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 24, 2024
- Gurski: Canada's open-door immigration policy shouldn't mean anything goesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 10, 2024
- Gurski: Intelligence leaks are hurting Canada's reputationOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 16, 2023
- Gurski: Terrorism charges are inconsistently applied in Canada. Maybe we don't need themOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 18, 2023
- Gurski: Canada needs to develop and nurture an 'intelligence culture'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 24, 2023
- Gurski: Secrecy is no excuse for inaction on Canada's national securityOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 29, 2023
- Gurski: David Johnston owes Canada's spies an apologyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 26, 2023
- Gurski: Who will decide what constitutes a national security threat in Canada?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 23, 2023
- Gurski: Does CSIS, Canada's spy agency, really need to change?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 3, 2023
- Gurski: So far, no evidence supports using the Emergencies Act against the convoy last winterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 2, 2022
- Gurski: So far, no evidence supports using the Emergencies Act against the convoy last winterOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 1, 2022
- Phil Gurski: So far, no evidence supports using the Emergencies Act against the convoy last winterOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 1, 2022
- Gurski: Rolling Thunder? More like a light drizzleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 2, 2022
- Gurski: What to make of 'foreign fighters' in UkraineOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 7, 2022
- Gurski: Canada’s spies were right about the ‘Freedom Convoy’Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 21, 2022
- Gurski: Canada’s spies were right about the ‘Freedom Convoy’Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 20, 2022
- Gurski: Canada’s spies were right about the ‘Freedom Convoy’Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 20, 2022
- Gurski: Canada’s spies were right about the ‘Freedom Convoy’Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 20, 2022
- Gurski: The ‘truck convoy’ is many things but it is not terrorismOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 3, 2022
- Gurski: Why 'terrorism' shouldn't be in Canada's Criminal CodeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 2, 2021
- Opinion: Canada needs to act on Saudis' targeting of dissidentsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 1, 2021
- Gurski: Canada needs to act on Saudis' targeting of dissidentsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 1, 2021
- Gurski: If the head of a spy agency speaks publicly, shouldn't we listen?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 18, 2021
- Gurski: Listing the Proud Boys as a 'terrorist entity' is mostly about politicsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 12, 2021
- Gurski: Listing the Proud Boys as a 'terrorist entity' is mostly about politicsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 12, 2021
- Gurski: Remember ISIL? It still poses a threat in CanadaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 10, 2020
- Gurski: The Nova Scotia massacre could leave us with more questions than answersOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 19, 2020
- Gurksi: COVID-19 – How far can we go with closing the border?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 16, 2020
- Gurksi: COVID-19 – How far can we go with closing the border?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 16, 2020
- Opinion: U.S. assassination of Soleimani will do more harm than goodOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 5, 2020
- Gurski: U.S. assassination of Soleimani will do more harm than goodOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 5, 2020
- Gurski: U.S. assassination of Soleimani will do more harm than goodOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 5, 2020
- Gurski: Does Ottawa City Hall really need increased security?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 17, 2019
- Opinion: Canada is caught between a rock and hard place with its homegrown foreign terroristsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 24, 2019
- Gurski: Prosecuting Canadian terrorists who fought abroad is a tough challengeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 5, 2019
- Gurski: Prosecuting Canadian terrorists who fought abroad is a tough challengeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 5, 2019
- Gurski: Prosecuting Canadian terrorists who fought abroad is a tough challengeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 5, 2019
- Opinion: Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders was fairOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 13, 2019
- Gurski: Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders was fairOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 13, 2019
- Gurski: Linking immigration and terrorism is wrong, in Canada and elsewhereOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 11, 2018
- Gurski: Linking immigration and terrorism is wrong, in Canada and elsewhereOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 11, 2018
- Gurski: Why the Toronto attack can't be called terrorism – yetOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 23, 2018
- Gurski: Why Parliament needs a dose of intelligenceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 26, 2017
- Gurski: Why Parliament needs a dose of intelligenceOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 26, 2017
- When Canadians are kidnapped, there’s no perfect playbookOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 22, 2017