It’s not exactly clear where the wrongthink ends and the national security threats begin
on ideological violence show that while ideological extremists were mentioned in threat assessments, Islamic extremists actions were mentioned much more.
Threat assessments for the 2019 Canada-European Summit, Obama’s 2019 visit to Ottawa and the Grey Cup game all cited more Islamic extremist examples of public safety threats . When they did mention far-right threats, examples cited were largely the postings of recruitment propaganda .Article contentin 2022 to reduce threats, but it’s unclear how many of these were ideological in nature. When numbers are presented on ideological violence, they aren’t presented alongside helpful context.
It could very well be that hate crimes are increasingly being filed into the national security envelope. Hate crimes are a matter of policing, while intelligence and national security are the domain of CSIS. They interact, but they are not the same. The blurry limits of intelligence monitoring are concerning: If questioning COVID policies and immigration is deserving of counter-terrorism attention like DAESH, a re-orientation of priority is in order.
Concern for ideological violence is a reasonable reaction to the horror in Quebec, but it’s not clear that ideological extremism deserves half of Canada’s counter-terrorism resources. The spy agency’s new interest in the ideological views of Canadians should be supported by a clear case to the public.
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