The Core Threats

The Core Threats

High-Altitude EMP (HEMP) Attack

One or more nuclear weapons detonated in space above Canada could disrupt the Canadian power grid and critical infrastructure across the country simultaneously. A high-altitude electromagnetic pulse event could create widespread power outages, communications failures, supply chain disruptions, and major risks to public safety.

Solar Superstorms

Solar superstorms, typically caused by coronal mass ejections, have historically caused significant infrastructure damage in Canada. A repeat of a major solar superstorm today could disrupt or damage key grid transformers and cause prolonged and catastrophic power outages across Canada.

Cyber Warfare

State-sponsored hacking campaigns from hostile foreign actors could achieve deep, persistent penetration of Canadian infrastructure and could threaten power systems, communications, transportation, healthcare, financial services, and other critical systems. These attacks could cause widespread disruption and the catastrophic loss of Canadian lives if not properly prevented and prepared for.

Nuclear Attack

Canada is not fully protected against or prepared for the consequences of a nuclear attack or major nuclear conflict, which could result in widespread destruction, infrastructure collapse, radioactive fallout, and severe loss of life. Most Canadians are not aware of how vulnerable modern society is to nuclear threats, including missile attacks, fallout, EMP effects, and the breakdown of essential services.

Canada needs stronger national resilience planning against the full threat spectrum, including nuclear war, EMP events, cyberattacks, biological threats, infrastructure collapse, and long-term supply chain disruptions. Strengthening preparedness would help save Canadian lives in a time of crisis and act as a deterrent against potential adversaries.

Biological Warfare

The deliberate release of weaponized biological agents could spread rapidly across Canada, overwhelming healthcare systems and disrupting economies and supply chains. Modern biotechnology increases the risk of highly contagious and difficult-to-detect pathogens that could evade early containment. Without rapid response, effective medical countermeasures, and population preparedness, a biological attack could cause catastrophic loss of life.

The Canada Resilience Solution

The proposed Making Canada Resilient and Secure initiative introduces seven major projects designed to protect Canada from large-scale threats — ranging from cyberattacks and EMP events to natural disasters, nuclear threats, biological attacks, and food shortages.

Together, these projects aim to reduce the risk of catastrophic loss of life and ensure continuity of essential services during times of crisis or war.

1. The Joseph Project — National Food Security

This project focuses on ensuring Canada can sustain its population during prolonged crises.

  • Encourages households to store at least one week of food initially, expanding to longer-term reserves
  • Builds decentralized food supplies at local, municipal, provincial, and regional levels
  • Targets up to one year of resilient food storage nationwide
  • Promotes home gardening, local agriculture, and regional food production
  • Requires hardened storage facilities capable of operating during power outages

The goal is to prevent mass starvation during disruptions to supply chains, transportation systems, energy infrastructure, or food imports.

2. The Hezekiah Project — Water Resilience

This initiative ensures reliable access to clean water during emergencies.

  • Establishes independent, grid-resilient water systems
  • Targets availability of water for at least one year nationwide
  • Promotes household water storage and alternative water supplies
  • Requires systems to function during EMP events and power outages
  • Focuses on secure distribution even when infrastructure fails

The project addresses one of the most immediate survival needs in crisis scenarios: safe drinking water.

3. The Trumpets Project — National Alert Systems

This project aims to guarantee that every Canadian can receive emergency warnings under extreme conditions.

  • Upgrades national alerting systems to survive EMP, cyberattacks, and power outages
  • Introduces multiple independent and resilient alert broadcast channels
  • Expands resilient alert capabilities to Canadian cell phones
  • Promotes access to EMP-protected, battery-powered emergency radios
  • Strengthens emergency communication between federal, provincial, municipal, and local authorities

The intent is to provide rapid and resilient warnings that can save millions of Canadian lives if Canada faces a nuclear attack, EMP event, biological emergency, cyberattack, or other extreme crisis.

4. The Solomon Project — Education and Expertise

This project builds a national workforce trained in resilience and infrastructure protection.

  • Establishes a Civil Resilience Academy
  • Creates university-based Centers of Excellence to train professionals to help protect Canada from EMP, cyber, biological, nuclear, and other large-scale threats
  • Offers scholarships tied to national service commitments
  • Focuses on expertise in areas such as cybersecurity, EMP protection, artificial intelligence, critical infrastructure, emergency management, and biothreats
  • Develops certification programs for Canadian citizens

The goal is to ensure Canada has a pipeline of skilled professionals capable of defending critical infrastructure and supporting national resilience.

5. The Nehemiah Cyber-Walls Project — Cyber and Infrastructure Defense

This project strengthens cybersecurity across phone, data, utility, government, and critical infrastructure networks throughout Canada.

  • Deploys advanced network defenses to block attacks and protect critical communications and data networks
  • Protects critical infrastructure from malign activity, embedded persistent malware, and dangerous backdoors
  • Removes foreign-made equipment from sensitive infrastructure when it presents a security risk
  • Promotes domestic or allied manufacturing for sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure
  • Enhances individual, organizational, and national privacy and safety by detecting espionage, malware, and hostile cyber activity

The focus is on preventing and disabling cyber intrusions that could disrupt essential services, compromise national security, or violate individual and organizational privacy.

6. Federal Resilience Enhancements Project — Infrastructure Hardening

This initiative strengthens federal systems and critical infrastructure against large-scale threats.

  • Protects systems from EMP, cyber, nuclear, and biological threats
  • Provides 30+ days of backup power for essential operations
  • Hardens power grids, communications networks, federal facilities, and emergency response systems
  • Expands resilient energy solutions, including new technologies
  • Ensures continuity of essential national functions

The project aims to keep Canadian government operations and critical services running during extreme events.

7. Civil Resilience Corps and Civil Defense — Citizen Preparedness

This project focuses on training and organizing Canadian citizens to support national resilience.

  • Establishes volunteer-based Civil Resilience Corps chapters nationwide
  • Provides training in emergency response, civil defense, communications, first aid, food security, water safety, and local preparedness
  • Encourages local preparedness, including food, water, backup power, shelters, emergency radios, and family emergency plans
  • Allows public-sector employees and trained volunteers to support resilience efforts
  • Introduces potential tax incentives for preparedness investments

The goal is to create a nationwide network of trained civilians who can support response and recovery during crises.

Bottom Line

Together, the seven Canada resilience projects combine infrastructure protection, public preparedness, resource security, and technological defense into a comprehensive national resilience strategy.

The approach emphasizes:

  • Decentralization — local food, water, and emergency supplies
  • Redundancy — multiple alert systems, backup power, and alternative communications
  • Workforce development — education, training, and professional certification
  • Public participation — citizen preparedness and community resilience programs
  • Infrastructure hardening — protection against EMP, cyberattacks, nuclear threats, and biological emergencies

If implemented, the plan would significantly expand both government and civilian roles in preparing Canada for large-scale national emergencies.

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