Those of us in the intelligence community would often wonder what it would be like to have an NDP government calling the shots. Generally speaking, we did not see it is a good thing for Canada’s spies. Whether it was uncertainty over the need to have intelligence services at all or some misplaced sense that […]
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This piece appeared in The Hill Times on March 26 I do not really want to flog the Jagmeet Singh/Sikh extremism story ad nauseum – many others have done that – but there is one thing that the leader of the NDP does that concerns me and needs to be addressed. In truth he has […]
The debate over the links, if any, between mental illness and terrorism never seems to get resolved. Many people default to the position that anyone who dons a suicide vest or who can wantonly kill innocent men, women and children must suffer from some kind of psychological sickness. These folks belong to the school that […]
This piece appeared in The Hill Times on March 9, 2018 In the 1997 movie Rocket Man (starring Canadian actor Harland Williams), a comedy about the first manned mission to Mars, there is a scene where a senior NASA manager, played by Jeffery DeMunn, is trying to justify why he did not predict and […]
This piece appeared in The Hill Times on February 26, 2018 I still remember my first day at CSE. I had moved to Ottawa from London (Ontario) where I had been interviewed by CSE representatives and later offered a job. I knew little of what I was being asked to do since the poster […]
There is an interesting debate in Canada over what are called ‘mandatory minimums’, i.e. a government/court-imposed set of rules on how crimes are to be treated. This is an attempt to establish minimum sentences for certain offences, supposedly tied to how society views certain criminal acts. In jurisdictions that have such strictures judges are bound […]
Quick, what is the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word ‘Buddhist”? The Dalaï Lama? Saffron robes? One hand clapping? I would wager though that the last thing that comes to you is violent extremism. Maybe it should. I cannot claim to know a lot about Buddhism (a gap I intend […]
I would like to announce the creation of a fund for Canadian pedophiles. Not those in prison or getting treatment but those languishing in squalid jails pending trial in southeast Asia after they were caught abusing young children, having traveled intentionally to that part of the world with the sole intention of having sex with […]
If you had to come up with a recipe for a terrorist attack or an extremist movement what would you include? To my mind there are a number of ingredients that must be there in order for the finished product to succeed. These are, among other things, a sense of grievance/anger, an identified target (meaning […]
I am enjoying a relaxing weekend at my brother’s house in London, Ontario, a welcome respite after a number of speaking engagements in a variety of places recently. This is where I was born, where I grew up, where I went to school – elementary, secondary and university – and where I will always consider […]