Canada’s terror threat level will not go up
Posted November 18, 2015 4:26 pm.
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OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says there’s no reason to raise Canada’s threat level, even in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris last week.
“It has remained unchanged since October of last year and it remains the same today. It is constantly reassessed as you would expect and we make sure that all the relevant factors are monitored and taken into account on a real-time basis.”
The minister says authorities are being extra vigilant and everything possible is being done to keep Canadians safe.
He urges people to be alert but says the country is basically safe and peaceful.
“Now more than ever, is a time for all of us to support our fellow citizens. We need to demonstrate to each other and the world our values of diversity and inclusion.”
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson says his force is working with other security forces around the world in monitoring threats.
Goodale says now is not the time for what he called “vigilante retaliation,” an apparent reference to a fire attack on an Ontario mosque and an assault against a veiled woman in Toronto.
Instead, he says, it’s a time for Canadians to stand together.
