Beefed-up borders and stricter refugee screening won’t do much to reduce the threat of Islamist terrorism in Canada, which is largely homegrown, according to one of Canada’s top experts on terrorism and national security.

Stephanie Carvin, assistant professor of international relations at Carleton University, says Canada’s border security regime is already strong and counter-terrorism resources would be better spent on programs to prevent radicalization of youth.

“It’s not clear to me that further spending of resources on enhancing [border security] procedures is the best way to spend money,” Carvin said on The West Block on Sunday.

“If you want to improve counter-terrorism in Canada, you need to be funding programs here, not enhancing what is already… a pretty robust regime on the refugee side.”

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Enhanced refugee screening won’t thwart homegrown terrorism in Canada: expert

A youth facing terrorism charges is scheduled to make a brief appearance in a Kingston, Ont., court via video link this afternoon.

The RCMP charged the youth last week, saying the person — who cannot be identified — tried to persuade someone to plant a bomb.

A second individual, who came to Canada as a refugee, was arrested but later released without charges in the same purported plot.

The youth is charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity and with counselling someone to use an explosive or other lethal device to cause death or serious bodily injury.

The police, who began investigating the pair in December following a tip from the FBI, say no actual device was ever planted.

Police say a potentially explosive substance was found during a search, removed and blown up to neutralize it.

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https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/canada/kingston-youth-facing-terror-charges-to-appear-in-court-monday-afternoon-279471/

I do not mean to begin this post on such a pessimistic note, but as a proud Canadian, I simply cannot watch as the purported leaders of this country willingly run it to the ground.

Even though I’m a conservative, I believe that this great country is founded on certain values that are worth preserving.

Justin Trudeau, the current occupant of 24 Sussex Drive, outlined these values in the cesspool of journalism known as the “New York Times”:

“There are shared values — openness, respect, compassion, willingness to work hard, to be there for each other, to search for equality and justice.”

These values are being violated on a daily basis from with local and foreign policies that have been tainted by the regressiveness of Canada’s Liberal party.

One value in particular, “openness”, does not mean that the country should be open to known terror sympathizers.

Recently, the Canadian media has been enamored by a Saudi dissident who calls himself “Omar Abdulaziz”.

He claims to be a champion of free speech and freedom of expression. However, his past tweets and video appearances clearly show a consistent support for extremism and anti-semitism.

This is a tactic that is often used by those who support extremist ideologies, who try to hide their insidious intentions behind a guise of modernity and false civility.

I came across this video that illustrates my concerns perfectly:

Unless Trudeau and his goons want to provide platforms for extremism, anti-semitism, and other poisonous ideas to gain ground, then people such as Omar Abdulaziz should not be welcome in this great country.

Please help spread this video as far and wide as possible.

Keep Canada Safe. NOW.

President Donald Trump and his officials persist in promoting the discredited notion that suspected terrorists are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico by the thousands.

Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding “no credible evidence indicating that international terrorist groups have established bases in Mexico, worked with Mexican drug cartels or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States.”

It went on : “The U.S. southern border remains vulnerable to potential terrorist transit, although terrorist groups likely seek other means of trying to enter the United States.”

Trump and others are insistent on sticking to their case regardless as they press Congress for money to build a border wall, the dispute that has closed parts of the government. The latest iterations of their statements:

TRUMP: “We have terrorists coming through the southern border because they find that’s probably the easiest place to come through. They drive right in and they make a left.” — Rose Garden news conference Friday.

THE FACTS: If they’re driving in through border crossings, no wall would stop them. But as to his broader point, U.S. officials have not cited evidence of a terrorist influx from Mexico.

State Department reports on terrorism have expressed more concern about Canada, which unlike Mexico has been home to “violent extremists inspired by terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaida and their affiliates and adherents,” as it said in 2017. When it comes to land crossings, Canada has more often been the source of terrorism suspects entering the U.S., though not in great numbers. By far the majority of people who arouse concern try to enter by air.

Canadian sentenced to 40 years for ISIS plot to attack Times Square, subway

 

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https://globalnews.ca/news/4824976/us-mexico-border-terrorists-canada/

 

A video released Wednesday by the ISIS affiliate in Somalia showed a man it said was a doctor from Canada urging supporters to “get on the path of jihad.”

The 15-minute propaganda video introduced him as Dr. Youssef Al Majeerteyn and said he had “died bravely.” A man then spoke to the camera in Canadian-sounding English.

Wearing a stethoscope and seated in front of a rifle and ISIS flag, he encouraged “brothers and sisters” to join the terrorist group, which has a small presence in Somalia.

“What will you say to Allah on the day of judgment when you are asked what have you done for the ummah [community] while your fellow Muslims are being bombed by the kuffar [disbelievers] and murtadeen [apostates] day and night?” he said.

“Get on the path of jihad and book yourself the highest places in jannah [paradise]

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ISIS video allegedly shows doctor from Canada urging ‘jihad’

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer blasted Justin Trudeau’s government over its handling of alleged Canadian members of the so-called Islamic State who are currently being held in Syria and are asking to return home.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Scheer said the Liberals have failed to take meaningful action to bring alleged ISIS fighters to justice who have “committed atrocities.” The opposition leader cited reporting by Global Newsthat revealed at least 13 Canadian detainees are being held in northeast Syria, including Muhammad Ali who claimed to be an ISIS sniper.

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Conservatives hammer Trudeau government for inaction on Canadian ISIS fighters

From the road, Roj Camp looks like the other tent cities that have sprung up in Syria — a grid of white tarp and children flying kites made from sticks and plastic bags.

But the armed Kurdish fighters guarding the front gate are a sign it’s not just another refugee camp: It’s a detention centre for the captured wives and children of the so-called Islamic State.

And seven of them are Canadians.

“I’m going to die here,” one of them, a 26-year-old Toronto woman, told Global News in an interview at the camp in northeast Syria.

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‘I’m going to die here’: Wives of ISIS fighters want to return home to Canada

Rehab Dughmosh was found guilty of terrorism charges in Canada last week for an Islamist attack at a store in Scarborough, Ontario in 2017.

The 34-year old woman, who has been a self-declared ISIS supporter since 2014, was known to Canadian authorities since at least 2016 when she left Canada, flew to Turkey and attempted to cross into Syria to join ISIS.

Dughmosh was nabbed at the border after her brother alerted Canadian authorities that she had gone to Turkey to join the terror group.

What happened next, in contravention of Canada’s own laws, was that after Dughmosh was sent back to Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to charge her with any crime.

According to the Canadian criminal code, leaving Canada to participate in a terror group is against the law and punishable by a prison sentence of 10 years to life.

Back in Canada, she managed to stockpile makeshift weapons (which were taken away by her husband). Thwarted, she went to a local Canadian Tire store with a butcher knife, picked up a golf club inside the store, put a bandana on her head with an ISIS logo on it (over her full-face veil), shouted “Allah Akbar!” and “This is for ISIS” and attacked store employees (who fought back and subdued her).

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https://clarionproject.org/why-did-canada-let-this-terrorist-off-the-hook/

Osman Ibrahim, Guleid Abdihakim, Gladys Kaari Justus, Oliver Kanyango Muthee and Joel Nganga Wainaina, left to right, appear at a court hearing in Nairobi on Friday. The court ordered that the suspects be held as a hotel attack earlier this week is investigated. (Associated Press)

A UN official says it’s time for Ottawa to stop dragging its heels and repatriate its citizens who fought for the Islamic State (ISIS) and are now being held in Syria and Iraq.

Several Canadians are currently being held by Kurdish authorities in Syria, following the collapse of ISIS in 2017.