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Podcast 41 – Andrew Griffith: Does immigration poses an actual national security threat to Canada?

Andrew Griffith, former Director General of Citizenship and Multiculturalism discuss if immigration pose a actual national security threat.

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What will terrorism look like post-COVID?

Terrorists like to have large audiences for their acts – what if we keep ‘social distancing’?

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COVID-19, Conspiracy Theory and Terrorism?

The destruction of cell towers believed to be used to transmit 5G wireless communications is tied to a conspiracy theory that 5G is causing COVID-19.

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Anarchists Firebomb Royal Bank in Ottawa (May 18, 2010)

Three anarchists protesting indigenous land issues during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver firebombed a bank in Ottawa in May 2010.

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Misogyny is horrible but it is not ‘terrorism’

The abuse of women in society is a crime that must be condemned: we can do so without conflating it with terrorism.

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Bombings in Casablanca (May 16, 2003)

One of the rare successful Al Qaeda suicide bombings in Morocco occurred in May 2003: 41 people were killed and 100 injured.

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31 students killed and 70 injured in the Ma’alot massacre (May 15, 1974)

On this day in 1974, three PFLP terrorists took over 100 students hostage at a school in Ma’alot and killed 31 when security forces attempted a rescue.

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146 Buddhist pilgrims killed in the Anuradhapura massacre (May 14, 1985)

On this day in 1985, LTTE terrorists slaughtered 148 Buddhist pilgrims at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi shrine in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka.

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COVID-19, face masks and national security

The debate over the niqab (Muslim face veil) was never about national security: COVID-19 is demonstrating that.

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Where is the COVID-19 terrorism spike?

There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.