The upside of foreign fighter policy Down Under

As Canada struggles with the challenge of collecting enough evidence in a war zone to charge returnees and put them away, perhaps we can learn from our friends Down Under.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured. Phil Gurski is suggesting that Canada follow the Australian government's initiative ‘Declared Area Offence,' meaning it's 'an offence for a person to intentionally enter, or remain in, a declared area in a foreign country where the person knows, or should know, that the area is a declared area.'
OTTAWA—Australia and Canada are very similar countries in many ways. Both former British colonies, both (relatively) open to immigration, both members of the Five Eyes intelligence community. I have visited Australia on many occasions and I must admit that I always feel at home there—even...

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