Life sentences for terrorism are appropriate. Why does the Canadian justice system fail to appreciate this very simple concept?
Author: Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of six books on terrorism.
On November 4, 2015 a college student at the Merced campus of the University of California stabbed four people before he was shot and killed by police.
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Episode 111 – Borealis has a great talk with James Dorsey, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University
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