How do we determine when a terrorist act has taken place?

We are thankfully not inundated with terrorism in Canada. It would be nice, however, to call it what it is when it occurs.

Abdulahi Hasan Sharif was found guilty of all charges laid against him in the 2017 Edmonton attacks on a police officer who was stabbed and four pedestrians run down by a U-Haul van. But was this possibly something a little more than an attempted murder? Is it possible that the motivation that underlay Sharif’s actions placed it, under the Canadian Criminal Code's provisions for terrorist activity, writes Phil Gurski. Screen capture courtesdy of Global News Edmonton

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

November 4, 2019

OTTAWA—A man gets into a car and drives madly down the road. He swerves here and there, picking his targets. He strikes a person, sending them flying then jumps from the car. Knife in hand, he lunges at the prone figure, stabbing furiously as the victim puts up their hands to protect themselves. F...

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