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Redefining terrorism: CSIS changes how it talks about extremist threats, including “incel” violence

Redefining terrorism: CSIS changes how it talks about extremist threats, including “incel” violence

FromThis Matters


Redefining terrorism: CSIS changes how it talks about extremist threats, including “incel” violence

FromThis Matters

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Alex Boutilier, national politics reporter with the Toronto Star, who covers national security, joins host Raju Mudhar to discuss how CSIS is redefining how it views terrorism. Incel-related terrorism is something that all Canadians became familiar with after the Toronto van attack in April of 2018 which left 10 people dead on Yonge Street. An online movement made up angry, sexually frustrated men who describes themselves as involuntary celibates, that act of terror was the event that cause Canadians to discover and understand what this ideology is all about. Unfortunately, Toronto has seen more of these types of attacks. In February of this year, a 17-year-old allegedly entered a Massage parlour in Toronto and attacked people there, leaving a 24-year-old woman named Ashley Noell Arzaga dead. This week, police called it an act of incel terrorism and added terrorism related charges to that case, which experts says was a legal first and significant moment in terms of how our national security deals with these types of incidents. And then, in its annual report to Parliament, CSIS, Canada’s top intelligence agency announced that it is changing how it looks at terrorism, and in particular, reclassifying it in terms of the motives behind them. It also specifically mentioned incels as a threat that they are concerned about.  
Released:
May 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Raju Mudhar talk to experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.