Thank you for the question.
At some point we have to realize that this whack-a-mole program we have right now, which is just to get them before they commit an act of violence, is not only failing but at some point we're not going to be able to keep up because it's increasing. The arrests in terrorism in the U.S. and in the west have increased exponentially in just the last two years, with the United States, Canada, Australia, and others being at the front line. We've seen not only our businesses attacked and 9/11, we've now seen the media in Paris; our government, as in Ottawa; and our military are now on the front lines. There is a kill list of 100 American military members. Their addresses were found off Facebook and social media and they are posted by ISIS as being on a kill list for acts of terror.
At some point we're not going to be able to keep up with that. So what's our long-term strategy? As countries in the Middle East, by the way, start to fuel this Islamo-patriotism in this Sunni versus Shia radicalism, we're going to find ourselves not being able to keep up because our lack of foreign policy strategy is coming to roost at home. If they can't get a passport to go to Syria, they are going to commit an act of terror in Toronto, Montreal, or in the United States. Ultimately, the threat is increasing. Why? The war of ideas is being filled in by social media radicals, from Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia, Sunni radicals, Shia radicals, or the Khomeinists with Assad in Syria, in Iran and Hezbollah. That vacuum is being filled by radical Islamism. The counter to that is not countering the militancy but filling it with ideas of liberty.
I think the greatest story in the last few months was Tunisia. You saw a secular anti-Islamist party replace democratically an Islamist party—Ennahda. That was undercover. They did it on their own without western help, and ultimately the greatest anti-terror movement was the secular party that took over in Tunisia. That's why ISIS wanted to break their economy a few weeks ago with an attack on their museum. They want the west out so that they can put the Islamists back into power and fuel that. It's growing exponentially. We need a strategy for the short term like Bill C-51, and for the long-term, that engages reformers like our organization, Raheel's organization, and others.