Does ‘institutionalized exclusion’ lead to radicalization?

It is only through multicultural and multi-faith dialogue that we will make progress on living together. Let’s not make things worse.

On Oct. 20, 2014, a Muslim convert ran over two members of the Canadian Armed Forces outside Montreal, killing Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, pictured. The creation of the Montreal-based Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence was affected in part in response to concerns over this phenomenon in the province.Terrorism is a small, but real, phenomenon in Quebec, writes Phil Gurski. Photograph courtesy of Department of National Defence

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

January 30, 2017

OTTAWA—Quebec is a very interesting province for many reasons, not least of which is the tremendous change in the role of religion over time. It is no exaggeration to state that the Catholic church ruled the roost for centuries, telling Quebecers how to live, how to procreate, and who to vote for....

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