Finally, some clarity on Canada’s foreign fighter problem

As a retired CSIS analyst, I am trying to do what I can to provide context. It’s nice to see a current government official do the same. More of this please.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told a crowd in Regina that in fact the number is 250, about half into Syria, Iraq and Turkey, he said, and the rest into Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of north and east Africa. A few Canadian academics applauded the release of more information. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

January 28, 2019

OTTAWA—If there is one thing in the world of terrorism that touches Canada the most, at least in the minds of average Canadians, it is the issue of those among us who elected to leave to join violent extremist groups abroad. Some of these participated in acts of terrorism in which innocent people ...

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