Fine line between hate and terrorism: murder is murder
The Air India terrorist attack of June 23, 1985, should be up there as well as it was the largest single terrorist attack prior to 9/11 but it does not seem to have resonated as much, perhaps because the aircraft went down off the coast of Ireland and not in Canada where the bombs were manufactured and placed in the luggage hold.
OTTAWA—We in Canada have, thankfully, few dates that will ‘live in infamy’ to cite former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor (9/11 would fit into this category as well). When it comes to Canada I suppose many would cite the École Polytechnique ...
