Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security0

• Analysis
• June 5, 2015

Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2015

The release of several reports into the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill last October reveal some missed opportunities to apprehend the shooter before he entered Parliament. The major lessons …

At Any Cost: The Injustice of the ‘4 and 4’ Rule in Canada0

• Analysis
• June 1, 2015

By Stephanie J. Silverman

Published on openDemocracy, May 29, 2015

Tens of thousands of law-abiding foreign workers residing in Canada became deportable last April. This sudden vulnerability to deportation resulted from the Parliamentary passage of a small legislative change …

Counterterrorism: Is it Working?0

• Analysis
• May 28, 2015

Published in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2015

The Islamic State terrorist group now commands the greatest army of foreign mercenaries in modern history. Current estimates of its size range from 20,000 foreign fighters to a Central Intelligence …