John Robson: Yes, We Should Be Worried About Canada’s Burgeoning Crop of Jihadis

Oh well. Another day, another homegrown Canadian terror plot. I wonder if we should be worried?
No, wait. Before you growl “Of course, you idiot” at me or my editors, please consider that this response would be dismissed, even despised, by much of Canada’s political class.
During World War II, then-General Dwight Eisenhower asked, “Where do we get such men?” So do I. But while Ike marvelled at how America produced so many fine soldiers despite not being warlike, I’m curious why Canada seems to be churning out jihadis despite not being Islamist.
So how did he get here? Canadian Jedi mind trick again: “In an email to CTVNews.ca, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada would not confirm Khan’s status in the country, saying it does not comment on active investigations or individual cases.” These aren’t the terrorists you’re looking for. But they are. And another thing.
Which explains why our immigration policy is actively making a broad place for such ideological and hate-motivated crime here. It’s not just that the borders are wide open, with literally millions of newcomers driving up housing prices and otherwise undermining social cohesion. It’s that the system is run by people who think genuine security is for far-right extremist losers. As with debates over voter ID, or those pro-Hamas protests, it’s difficult to believe what you’re hearing. But believe it.
For instance, the top priority of those in charge right now is to get as many people in from Gaza as possible as fast as possible, and any concerns about the level of support for Hamas there strikes them as deplorable retrograde bigotry. Just as they are far more concerned with mean comments on social media than about money laundering, terror financing, or what was that boring thing again? Oh yeah, members of Parliament who were foreign agents.
Plus this burgeoning crop of jihadis. So yes, we should be worried. Especially that they’re not.