Ridding Canada of Scum

"Why wouldn't you prosecute this guy and give him life? I don't think this is the right way to do it [extradition back to Pakistan of a suspected jihadist terrorist]."
Anser Farooq, Toronto lawyer for Jahanzeb Malik, landed immigrant

"The planning was elaborate. Including discussing with the undercover officer the video message they would leave behind in order to inspire others."
"[He confided attendance at training camps in Libya to learn] combat, weapons and landmine training."
"[He claimed fighting jihad represented] righteousness [those who died were] martyrs."
"He indicated his support for the attackers in Paris."
"[Had the man he attempted to recruit not been an undercover officer] mass destruction and possible loss of life would have been the result."
"[His attempt to indoctrinate the undercover officer was] extremely dangerous to Canadian society."
Jessica Lourenco, Canada Border Services Agency officer

Ontario's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team began investigating the suspicious activities of a young man from Pakistan who originally arrived in Canada in 2004 on a student visa. It is now known that he supports Islamic State, and had been busy plotting to bomb financial buildings on Bay Street in the heart of Toronto. And the U.S. consulate appears to have been another target.

He has been ordered by Immigration and Refugee Board member Marilou Funston to be detained in jail while the CBSA investigation continues. The Canadian Border Services Agency is making preparations to deport Jahanzeb Malik as a security threat. His lawyer insists that if proof exists of the charges his client should be charged, not returned to Pakistan.

An undercover officer with the Security Enforcement Team made the acquaintance of the suspect, introducing himself as a Bosnian who had taken part in the Balkans Civil War. They had much to speak about together; religion chiefly, leading Mr. Malik to reveal that he was in full support of al-Qaeda and Islamic State, and that he had received combat training at camps in Libya.

Mr. Malik encouraged the undercover officer to view videos by the notorious Islamist Anwar al-Awlaki who despite his death continues to be an inspiration as an al-Qaeda propagandist to aspiring jihadists. Eventually he recruited the undercover officer in the building of a remotely detonated explosive device to target Toronto's financial district and the U.S. consulate in Toronto.

After receipt of RCMP evidence the CBSA arrested Mr. Malik on Monday. The CBSA continues its investigation to verify details of several trips made by the man, some to Pakistan in the years since 2004 when he began studying at York University in Toronto. A year after he arrived in Canada he was arrested on charges of fraud, possession of credit card data and the use of fraudulent credit cards. A conditional discharge and a 12-month probation order resulted.

He was sponsored as a landed immigrant in 2009 by his Canadian wife. Despite the previous arrest, his application as a landed immigrant was successful, and three years later he was arrested on two counts of assault and uttering threats, then arrested again for failing to heed court orders to stay away from his estranged wife with whom he had several children.

Another arrest foiling the plans of another potential threat to Canadian security. Referred to by Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney who stated that CBSA had disrupted "what may have been plans for an alleged terrorist attack on Canadian soil. We are taking strong action to ensure that security agencies have the tools they need to protect Canadians against the evolving terror threat. That is also why we have tabled the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, which I urge all Parliamentarians to support."

Hear, hear!