Co-director, Outer Space Institute
Chair, Salt Spring Forum
UBC Professor
Author, citizen, troublemaker
He/him
Michael Byers is a Canadian legal scholar and non-fiction author.
That's the title of Sabine Nolke, Stephen Toope, Kristen Boon and my panel at the Canadian Council of International Law annual conference next Friday in Ottawa.
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My latest (as a gift article):
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“So how many Soviet troops are currently in Finland?”
- “About 100,000”.
“Oh, so many? Where are they stationed?”
- “Along the Eastern border, 6ft underground.”
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“The fact that we don’t have robust explanations for why AI models sometimes resist shutdown, lie to achieve specific objectives or blackmail is not ideal”
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Panel 1: “Canada and US Security and Defence Cooperation”
Joel Sokolsky & Walter Dorn
Panel 2: "Arctic Security, NORAD modernization and Golden Dome”
Ernie Regehr & @michael-byers.bsky.social
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Yet Canada is planning to spend more than $100 billion on 15 large surface ships.
My latest op-ed, as a gift article:
But so is the Canadian military.
Most Canadians don't use the post or the military very much, but they're both still essential services.