What Turns a Canadian into a Terrorist? Sometimes, Canada Itself

What Turns a Canadian into a Terrorist? Sometimes, Canada Itself

I n the days after 9/11, the United States and Canada feared that another attack on the West was imminent. The George W. Bush and Jean Chrétien administrations envisaged the possibility of al-Qaeda cells operating all across North America. There was, of course, no data on whether this was the case. But what is certain is that few threats materialized for several years. In Canada, the first credible threat occurred a full five years after 9/11, w…