How did a Toronto terror suspect enter Canada? Immigration minister offers first details

2024/09/12 Leave a comment

Note of realism in terms of border security but will still raise questions about vetting of international students and where extra vetting may be warranted:

…“I think our American partner would be highly disappointed to see elected officials firing their mouths off about and speculating about this case and its outcome,” Miller said. “We owe it to Canadians to keep them safe, to actually let the process unfold.”

Miller also said that borders cannot be made 100 per cent secure.

“No one can pretend and stand honestly in front of you and say that a well determined actor can’t come to this country, and that’s why we have the security apparatuses that we have in this country,” Miller said.

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After refusing for years, Trudeau government brands Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror organization

2024/06/21 Leave a comment

So typical, unfortunately, of this government. Maintaining an argument, which in this case had some validity, only to change far too late to have impact on public perceptions. Doubt many will believe that decision was only based on a “deliberative process” bereft of political considerations:

….Suggestions that listing the entirety of the IRGC could end up punishing former conscripts who had no choice but to serve was once considered a roadblock.

“It’s a complex situation, particularly in a country as diverse as ours when you have diaspora communities that come from all corners of the world,” said Justice Minister Arif Virani Wednesday, but he stressed only those who knowingly and willingly support the IRGC could be caught up. 

When the question came to LeBlanc of why now and what changed, he brushed off the suggestion it was political pressure.

“The decision to list an organization under Canada’s Criminal Code as a terrorist entity isn’t made because of comments on Twitter or question period,” he said, later adding it was the product of a “deliberative process based on very, very strong and compelling evidence.”

What evidence? He didn’t directly answer….

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