Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has to balance civil liberties with public safety when it comes to protecting against terrorism. He pointed out that local organizations do not always have the necessary focused counselling on their own so a new national centre could help make sure that experts are available to help.
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Police say a terrorist sympathizer killed in a high-stakes standoff in southwestern Ontario last week died from a gunshot wound. Goodale stated that “peace bonds have some usefulness but they’re not a panacea”. He concluded that “so what can we do collectively as a society to make them more effective or to find alternatives?”
Aaron Driver, 24, died during a confrontation with RCMP in Strathroy, Ont., Wednesday after making a martyrdom video that suggested he was planning to detonate a homemade bomb in an urban centre.
“(Driver’s peace bond) is obviously a lesson that one needs to look at very carefully”, Goodale said.
“I’ve obviously got to do this in a coherent and sensible way, not scribbled down on the back of an envelope”. “And we are determined to get this office up and running toward the end of the summer, the beginning of the fall”, Goodale said.
He says the death last week of a man in Strathroy, Ont., who was suspected of planning a terrorist attack demonstrates the need for “continued vigilance” in responding to threats posed by those who have radicalized to the point of violence.
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In his address to the chiefs, Goodale said one of government’s biggest security concerns are the “lone wolves” who are drawn into perverse and extreme ideologies that promote death and destruction.
