PSCI 3607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Vacuum Cleaner, Northwest Passage, Air India Flight 182
13 Feb 2017
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Lecture #6 domestic threats to north america: Canadians have the idea that they face no threats. This isn"t really true: terrorism, foreign interference, espionage. Canada has had the largest arrangement of terrorist organizations functioning at any given moment. For the most part, terrorism is not targeted at canada: we have been the victim of terrorist events. Attacks against the church in ottawa during the 1980"s. Immigrants bring their organizations and conflicts with them. Isis has changed the nature of terrorism, because they actually seek to bring conflict to north. A large domestic issue is people at home in canada becoming radicalized. The leaders of al-qaeda are aging, however this does not prevent them, they recruit youth constantly. Probably because it would not actually kill anyone. The main terrorist goal is to kill people in as much of a violent way as possible. Canada"s small size makes it easier to defend, better security services.
