(Global News) Beefed-up borders and stricter refugee screening won’t do much to reduce the threat of Islamist terrorism in Canada, which is largely homegrown, according to one of Canada’s top experts on terrorism and national security.
Stephanie Carvin, assistant professor of international relations at Carleton University, says Canada’s border security regime is already strong and counter-terrorism resources would be better spent on programs to prevent radicalization of youth.
“It’s not clear to me that further spending of resources on enhancing [border security] procedures is the best way to spend money,” Carvin said on The West Block on Sunday.
“If you want to improve counter-terrorism in Canada, you need to be funding programs here, not enhancing what is already … a pretty robust regime on the refugee side.”
