Terrorism is not a fun subject to discuss; but the Air India Bombing and the Toronto 18 demonstrate that Canada is not immune to the threat of terrorist activities on our soil.

Last week, the Government released a new counter-terrorism strategy.

The goals of the Counter-Terrorism Strategy are:

• preventing individuals from engaging in terrorism
• detecting the activities of individuals who may pose a terrorist threat
• denying terrorists the means and opportunity to carry out their activities
• responding proportionately, rapidly and in an organized manner to terrorist activities to mitigate their effects.

While no plan can perfectly protect Canadians, all the time everywhere, the Conservative government is determined that a tragedy like the Air India bombing will never be repeated on Canadian soil.  Protecting citizens is a fundamental duty of government, and this plan will help protect Canada from terrorist threats.

I’m Brad Trost, your Member of Parliament in Saskatoon-Humboldt. You can reach my office in Saskatoon at 975-6133. Feel free to drop by my two offices for a visit: Saskatoon (Monday to Friday) or Humboldt (Tuesday and Wednesday). I always appreciate your feedback.