Fulfilling a Prophecy

"Mr. Malik said several times, 'We have to do something in Canada'."
"He said that there are no civilians in Canada, only enemies because all Canadians pay the tax and the tax dollars are used to buy the planes that are sent to Syria and Iraq and are used to fund the military."
"He was supportive of both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. [His] main inspiration [the late al-Qaeda idealogue, Anwar al-Awlaki."
"He said that Abu Muslim died as a shaheed, he gave his life for Allah and gave his life defending Islam."
"On a separate occasion Mr. Malik said that when somebody dies a shaheed [a martyr] he goes straight to heaven and on the day of judgement, the belief is, he will have the right to ask Allah to get his family into paradise as well and he would get 70 virgins."
Undercover RCMP officer

Image capture of Toronto terror suspect Jahanzeb Malik during a video conference hearing inside Lindsay, Ontario prison on March 16, 2015.   Global News

The undisclosed identity of an undercover RCMP officer is meant to protect him from any possible revenge attacks by Islamists. He is in the process of testifying before an Immigration and Refugee Board panel who will determine whether Jahanzeb Malik, 33, should be escorted out of the country, and returned to his native Pakistan. Should the testimony convince the panelists that Mr. Malik represents a danger to Canada he will be deported.

How he can fail to be considered a potential danger to Canada is another matter entirely. But the letter of the law must be observed, before action is taken to rid the country of the malignant presence of a man whose Islamist beliefs are convincing enough. He had wanted to travel to Syria to join Islamic State, but finally made the decision to remain where he was and conduct a terrorist attack in Canada, preferably.

Jahanzeb Malik had become a person of interest to the RCMP in 2013 when he returned from a trip to Libya; and from that time forward an investigation was launched into his background and activities. Under questioning he claimed to have taught at a Benghazi school. Authorities, on the other hand, suspect that during his time there he attended a training camp for al-Qaeda operatives.

After befriending Mr. Malik the RCMP handler had a conversation with him after they had viewed ISIL videos. They exchanged notes between one another; the notes comprising the 'conversation':

"Can you make explosives?"
"Yes."
"What do we need?"
"Target?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Calculation [materials required for bomb depended on target]."
"American embassy, financial district, Bay Street."

The notes they had exchanged were then burned in the stove by Mr. Malik. Mr. Malik was 90 percent certain he would commit to an attack plan; the rest was up to Allah: "Inshallah". The Toronto financial district was chosen as the location for a bomb: "because it would definitely bring the Canadian economy down." A video would be produced to claim the attack was carried through on behalf of the "entire Muslim population".

Jahanzeb Malik has lived in Canada since 2004 as a landed immigrant. A six-month investigation by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team led to his arrest though he hasn't been charged with crimes, but is to be deported to Pakistan, representing a threat to Canadian security.