I believe it is fair to say that since 9-11, Islamophobia has been on the rise in North America. With the rise of ISIL and attacks in this country and other nations, terrorist movements have…
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Tag: ISIL
Iraq is a Quagmire and Trudeau Knows It
Despite the partisan brouhaha and accusations of weakness and betrayal directed at the Liberal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision last week to withdraw jet fighters from the international anti-ISIS coalition was the correct one. …
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Trudeau’s ISIS Strategy is High-Risk — and Largely Political
Tactics win skirmishes. Strategy wins wars. Tactically, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is at a disadvantage in the current political battle over whether he’s flip-flopping on the efficacy of bombing Islamic State strongholds in Syria and…
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Despite Paris’ Misery, Trudeau Mustn’t Fall into Harper’s Old Traps
In politics as in life, you always meet the devil on a curve. For Justin Trudeau, mass murder in Paris is his trial by ordeal as prime minister. It didn’t take very long. At the…
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Experts say Liberal Counter-Radicalization Office Should Bridge, Not Drive, Regional Efforts
Among the Liberal campaign promises that are facing closer scrutiny now that the party is forming a government, the party’s vow to “prioritize community outreach and counter-radicalization, by creating the Office of the Community Outreach and…
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Canada on Top … Again
In 2003, I ran into a number of Canadians travelling through the Middle East, but two minutes into the conversation I discovered they were really Americans pretending to be from Ottawa, Montreal or Toronto. The…
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We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough to Prevent the Next Home-Soil Terror Attack
Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo were both victims of radicalized Canadian citizens bent on killing a soldier. So why, in the year since the attacks in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu and Parliament Hill, has Ottawa…
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ISIL: Refugee Crisis Linked to Bombing Campaigns – Part 3
In 2003, Canada opted out of the coalition that pummeled Iraq back into the Middle Ages. Now, Canada has joined the coalition to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that emerged…
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Canadians Divided on Role of Government in Refugee Crisis
Over the last week, the Canadian public has awakened to the grim reality of the current refugee crisis springing from Syria after images emerged of a three-year-old boy whose body washed ashore in Turkey. Nevertheless,…
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The Evolution of Evil – Part 2 in series
In 2003, Canada opted out of the coalition that pummeled Iraq back into the Middle Ages. Now, Canada has joined the coalition to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that emerged…
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