Dr. Christian Leuprecht at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On April 28th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 28th, 2022 / 1:10 p.m.

Professor, Royal Military College of Canada, Queen’s University, As an Individual

That, hon. member, is an excellent question.

I believe that the testimony given by the CSIS director to some extent corroborated the fact that for 20 years, the focus has been entirely on aspects of terrorism, violence and religious extremism. We lost sight of the fact that there is a wide range of extremist ideologies that are a challenge to our society.

I believe that CSIS indicated that the focus on different groups has been recalibrated. In our national security apparatus, we underestimated the extremist ideology that was on the rise in Canada alongside violent religious extremism.

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