Study: Americans don't see Canada as terrorist safe haven

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Hey, I'd do it! :firing:

Study: Americans don't see Canada as terrorist safe haven
Last Updated Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:43:23 EDT
CBC News

Americans don't regard Canada as a safe haven for terrorists, according to a new federal study.

The study found that Americans are generally satisfied that Canada takes security seriously. Some did say, however, that immigration is too lax and there isn't enough support for the military.

"While there was very limited awareness of what Canada has been doing on the national security front, participants did not share the same views as some American media . . . that Canada is a `safe haven for terrorists,' " says a report by the polling firm Ekos Research Associates for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada.

"In fact, for the most part, views of Canada lean positive, although there is appreciation of some of the irritants, e.g., military, missile defence."

Americans also said they believe most terrorists operating in the United States are likely home-grown or would enter from Mexico. No one in the study said they believed the greatest threat was entry from Canada.

The study comes as some in America have publicly claimed the Canada-U.S. border is a conduit for criminals and terrorists. The U.S. Minuteman Project, for example, is trying to find volunteers to help patrol the Canada-U.S. border in the west starting Oct. 1.

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It's funny this study should come out after the aniversary of Atilla Altikat's death. He was a Turkish diplomate assassinated in Ottawa by Armenian terrorists who also claimed responsiblity for the shooting, but the gunmen were never caught.