Islamic extremism is not the real threat to Canadian security

If Daesh wants our fear to prevent us from enjoying life, then the best way to defeat it is to enjoy life to the fullest.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said after the Aug. 10 Strathroy incident that Canada's terrorism threat level would stay at 'medium,' where it's been for nearly the last two years. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 24, 2016

OTTAWA—The public relations branch of Daesh was quick to stoke the vivid imagination of Canadian fear-mongers in the wake of the Aug. 10 terror-related incident in Strathroy, Ont. Something called the al-Wa’d Foundation—cheerleaders of the evildoers also known as Islamic State, ISIS, and ISIL...

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