Counting Terrorism Charges and Prosecutions in Canada Part 2: Trends in Terrorism Charges

The Anti-Terrorism Act 2001 brought Part II.1 of the Criminal Code into being and with it, Canada’s terrorism offences. In the twenty years since that time, 62 individuals have been charged with terrorism offences by our counting. This blog post is not meant to be a comprehensive overview of the field. Instead, we set out merely to remind the reader of what constitutes a terrorism offence in Canada and then review some of the trends that we can see from the prosecuting and charging numbers to date.

Criminal Law, TerrorismMichael Nesbitt and Harman NijjarJune 24, 2021Terrorism, Terrorism offences, Terrorist group, Terrorist financing

Proscribing Far Right Terrorism: Canada's new terrorist listing of two far right extremist groups

Last week Canada added five new groups to Canada’s terrorist entities list, but the big news was that two of these groups were far right terrorist groups. Why is this a big deal? Leah West walks through the implications of terrorist entity listing under Canada’s criminal law.

In the news, toppostLeah West and Michael NesbittJuly 4, 2019Terrorism offences, Terrorism, Terrorist group, RWE, toppost

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