Ok, just asking. Usually picking sides in the debate doesn't end very well. Canada publicly declared its support for Israeli attacks on Palestine and Lebanon in recent years, in addition to voting against a host of UN resolutions supporting Palestinian rights. Stephen Harper has made no secret about his conservative, "moral stance" on geopolitical battles, and Canada has become far more partisan when it comes to these types of world conflicts. I can only think it would serve to inflame tensions. I'm not generalizing on the entire Islamic world, but more commenting on how our government views the whole situation itself.
In addition to the Israel issue, ISIS has already called out Canada numerous times for attack. Michel Coulombe, Director of CSIS, has even in no uncertain terms said that there are violent people that want to kill Canadians. Canada also has an unusually strong issue of homegrown radicalization, and the threat of them coming home and utilizing their knowledge from foreign battlefields remains a big risk in our country. You can't look in the news on any given day and not find a report of a Canadian trying to leave the country and join ISIS or al-Qaeda militants in Iraq, Syria, and North and East Africa. I don't think it helps the situation when our elected government actively supports bombing runs in Syria and Iraq, given more reason for youth to join jihadi or violent causes abroad.
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