OTTAWA - Following several recent high-profile Russian incursions into NATO airspace, senior defence and foreign affairs officials told members of Parliament Thursday that Canada has not seen similar Russian moves into Canadian airspace over the past year.

Eric Laporte, head of the regional security and defence relations division at Global Affairs Canada, told MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee that Russia's efforts to probe the defences of NATO allies increased "markedly" this year.

“Russian drone incursions is not a new phenomenon. They’ve been doing it since 2022, essentially, but the pace and scope has increased recently,” he said.

Laporte called the incursions a "cat and mouse game” that is both "egregious" and "reckless" and risks escalation. He added that the a

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