A House of Commons committee is calling on governments to provide more funding to frontline community organizations in an attempt to stem the tide of “ideologically-driven violent extremism.”
In a new report, MPs on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security also recommend a national summit to discuss how existing social and mental health services can better equip and train frontline workers.
These suggestions are part of 33 recommendations made by MEPs, ranging from better regulation of online content to overhauling laws aimed at combating the financing of terrorism. It is therefore recommended that the federal government conduct research on the role of crowdfunding and cryptocurrencies in violent ideological extremism.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) claims that theideologically motivated violent extremism is motivated by xenophobia, gender, opposition to authority and other grounds of violence based on personal recriminations – factors sometimes in combination with each other.
The director of CSISDavid Vigneault, recently stated that while this vein of extremist activity poses a threat to all Canadians, the sense of fear is particularly acute for individuals and groups traditionally targeted by racism, discrimination and harassment.
The Commons committee also recommends that the government explore models adopted by other countries, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, in order to find a solution uniquely Canadian to better combat this extremism and the spread of hate online.
The Canadian PressMartin Leclerc
Source: Radio-Canada
