Commentary by Phil Gurski Just how sophisticated are most terrorists anyway? Sometimes, I think most of us get terrorism very, very wrong. I am not sure…
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We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons from Brussels — and It’s Going to Cost Us
Commentary by Michael Harris In the wake of Brussels — at least for now — we’re back in the bad old days of the War…
View More We’re Learning the Wrong Lessons from Brussels — and It’s Going to Cost UsGovt Scales Back Year-End Refugee Target
by Leah Bjornson in Vancouver The Canadian government announced their plan today to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country by the end of the…
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by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea…
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by Leah Bjornson in Vancouver Over the last week, the Canadian public has awakened to the grim reality of the current refugee crisis springing from…
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One Canadian Youth Recruited to ISIS is One Too Many
by Dr. Ghayda Hassan and Hicham Tiflati (@HTiflati) in Montreal Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the latest born of extremist movements, has drawn…
View More One Canadian Youth Recruited to ISIS is One Too ManyIn Denial: The Armenian Genocide, a Century Later
by Atom Egoyan (@TheFullEgoyan) in Toronto They are disappearing. When I arrived in Toronto in 1978 and first became involved with Armenian issues, there were…
View More In Denial: The Armenian Genocide, a Century LaterAfter Tahrir: Egypt’s Growing War on Terror
by Firas Al-Atraqchi (@Firas_Atraqchi) in Cairo, Egypt Four years after hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to demand political, social and economic change,…
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Bombing of Libyan Islamist Rebels a Turning Point in Mideast Proxy Wars
by Jonathan Manthorpe (@jwmanthorpe) in Vancouver The proxy wars between Islamist and secular Arab leaders that have been seething across the Middle East for three years have…
View More Bombing of Libyan Islamist Rebels a Turning Point in Mideast Proxy WarsEgypt coup may force Islamists to choose bullet over ballot
by Ranjit Bhaskar With the world at large impassive in its reaction to the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, the diametrically opposite…
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