Infrastructures of Pacification: Vital Points, Critical Infrastructure, and Police Power in Canada

P. Boyle; Tia Dafnos

DOI:10.1017/cls.2019.5

Corpus ID: 182293203

Infrastructures of Pacification: Vital Points, Critical Infrastructure, and Police Power in Canada

@article{Boyle2019InfrastructuresOP,
  title={Infrastructures of Pacification: Vital Points, Critical Infrastructure, and Police Power in Canada},
  author={P. Boyle and Tia Dafnos},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Soci{\'e}t{\'e}},
  year={2019},
  volume={34},
  pages={79 - 98}
}

P. Boyle, Tia Dafnos

Published 2019

Political Science

Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société

Abstract Though described as the first milestone towards securing Canada’s critical infrastructure (CI), the 2009 National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure is the most recent effort in decades of federal engagement with the problem of how to secure the material elements that underpin state, economy, and society. In this article, we show how a little-known civil defence program initiated after WWII to protect important industrial facilities from military enemies has transformed in the… CONTINUE READING

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