Public Safety committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member. You'll see in the report that we are about to table, that there is a clear link between adherence to conspiracy theories and a loss of confidence in institutions, by which I mean mainly political and media institutions. It's obvious that what w

Public Safety committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member. In my view, the first thing on which we all have to agree is that we need to ensure that whatever is illegal offline is illegal online. That's a major area in itself. As you know, this will not just happen on its own. Some unlawful acts are com

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, Ms. Larouche. I agree. There is consensus on that. The far-right and anti-government movements have managed to take over some of the monopoly that was protesting the health measures. The political opposition did not quite know what to do to avoid adding to the noise,

Public Safety committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member. I want to be careful to avoid lecturing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, but I'm convinced that we need to reinvest in efforts to infiltrate far right organizations. It's an important point, and I also think that it's important to tr

Public Safety committee  I truly believe that the future lies in these questions and in this approach, by making Canadians more aware.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  Yes and no. The data show that it depends on the context. Sometimes socioeconomic status is problematic, but most of the time, the cause is a feeling of economic hardship. So it's less tied to income as such than to having the impression of not having access to what we feel we ar

Public Safety committee  Definitely, Mr. Lloyd. And it can be seen in how it is linked to an increase in conspiracy theories. There is a very clear correlation between a form of anxiety, caused among other things by socio-economic status or the loss of losing that status.

Public Safety committee  So it may be a factor, but the radicalization process is mainly a combination of factors specific to each individual.

Public Safety committee  That's why it's hard to identify very broad trends or factors that are systemically important. Thank you.

Public Safety committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member for this question. I myself, as co‑chair, was involved in an initiative called Dialogue Plus, whose purpose was to prevent radicalization and discrimination in societies, particularly among young people and older people. So you've asked a very g

Public Safety committee  I'd like to thank the hon. member for his question. You're absolutely right when you said that there are sometimes collateral impacts. The idea behind the current deliberations on regulating social networks is to create basic standards that would enable the platforms to determin

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. The book provides an interesting perspective. Many western researchers examine the phenomenon from a western standpoint, including the growth of Jihadism and right-wing extremism. To answer your question about the far right, I believe that one common

Public Safety committee  The final factor, about which not all of us agree, is the use of violence. Some people take it for granted, whereas for others it's much more subtle. The fact remains, however, that it often underpins anti-democratic arguments. Thank you.

Public Safety committee  It's therefore extremely important to acknowledge that things are interconnected, and I could use Ottawa as an example. What we saw here were pro-democracy people alongside people who are anti-democracy, which caused the movement to veer towards violence. Thank you.