Toronto 18 may have been shock for Canada, but it was not harbinger of a path to ruin

We are still a relatively safe country and while we must remain vigilant and ensure that our security and law enforcement agencies enjoy the necessary resourcing and public trust, we will likely remain so.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill. Phil Gurski writes that Public Safety Canada's Citizen Engagement branch developed a community outreach program that 'was the envy of all our allies and the creation of the new Office of the Coordinator for Counter Radicalization and Community Outreach will hopefully enhance this effort.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

June 13, 2016

OTTAWA—June 2 marks the 10th anniversary of the arrest of 17 men in the Greater Toronto Area in the culmination of a massive terrorism investigation by Canadian authorities. In what came to be known as the "Toronto 18" (the last subject was arrested in August 2006) Canadians were rudely introduced...

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