Category: Extremism

CSIS Report Says China Committing Espionage Against Canadian Institutions, Defence Contractors

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) 2022 report stated that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is continuing to engage in espionage against Canadian academic institutions, defence contractors, and civil society organizations. “As a global leader in research and innovation, Canada is a prime target for the PRC’s intangible technology transfer efforts. China targets research through…


For Democrats, ‘MAGA Republican’ Label is Designed to Paralyze Opposition

News Analysis These days, it seems like every top Democrat has to work the term “MAGA Republican” into their messages. It’s no coincidence. Their party first deployed the term in mid-2022 as part of a midterm strategy that aimed to activate voters outraged about the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, among other issues. “The terms ‘MAGA…


‘Decolonisation’ Hampers Research in Islamic Counter-Terrorism: Expert

Academics could be self-censoring as universities are increasingly adopting decolonisation policies which some argue are at odds with counter-terrorism research into Islamism and Jihadism. In February, Steven Greer, a professor at the University of Bristol and a leading authority on human rights, particularly with respect to counter-terrorism legislation, spoke to multiple media outlets about being…


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Controversial Podcaster, Army Veteran Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie said he will consider legal action. “I might need to sue…


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Diagolon Founder Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie, who is the founder of Diagolon, said he will consider legal action….


Sinema’s Quitting Democratic Party Raises Question: What Is ‘Extremism’?

Commentary Leaving aside any possible undeclared motives for leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has said some things that have needed to be said for a long time. In an op-ed for The Arizona Republic, Sinema wrote, “Americans are told that we have only two choices—Democrat or Republican—and that we must…


Safe@Home | A Conversation on Countering Domestic Violent Extremism

On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will host a virtual conversation with Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor on the National Security Council Joshua Geltzer, followed by an expert panel discussion on the recently released CNAS report Protecting the Protectors: Preventing and Mitigating Domestic Violent Extremism…


Trudeau’s Comments on Unvaccinated and Freedom Convoy Were Not ‘Helpful’: Former CSIS Director

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made disparaging comments in recent months about individuals who refuse vaccination or who protest against mandatory vaccination and this was an approach that can fuel extremism, former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director Richard Fadden told a House committee on Thursday. “I don’t think that attacking views is helpful by anybody, not…


Attempts to Label Poilievre and His Supporters as Racists and Extremists Will Backfire

Commentary Pierre Poilievre is taking the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race by storm. His rallies in Western Canada have drawn thousands of excited supporters and are making headlines across the country. We never saw this sort of energy in the last two Conservative leadership races when Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole drifted relatively quietly…


Maajid Nawaz: The Levers of Ideological Warfare—From Islamist Extremism to Covidian Dogma | PART 1

“I was anti-democracy. I was an Islamist revolutionary that wanted to establish a caliphate. And I was imprisoned in Egypt and sentenced to five years … because I was attempting to overthrow the Egyptian government.” A former Islamist revolutionary, Maajid Nawaz would later become a leading anti-extremism activist, founding the counter-extremism think tank Quilliam. In…