Immigration Without Proper Screening Is Opening the Door to Security Threats in Canada

Commentary The federal government’s immigration policy, including increasing the number of newcomers to 500,000 per year, has elicited much criticism of late. The effect so many newcomers have had on a tight housing and rental market has been noted repeatedly. But one of the primary concerns about Canada’s refugee and citizenship system relates to national security and public safety. What has made the matter worse are a series of new revelations about alleged terrorist plots tied to the ISIS terrorist group being planned on Canadian soil. Most recently, a Pakistani national and Canadian resident was arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a Jewish people in New York in the name of SIS. Prior to that, a father and son duo—Ahmed and Mostafa Eldidi—who were allegedly on the verge of trying to carry out a mass casualty attack were arrested by the RCMP....