Conservatives demand government explain how terror suspects immigrated to Canada

Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians person a correct to cognize really a man pinch alleged links to a overseas panic group evaded Canada’s screening process to immigrate to Canada and go a citizen.

He is demanding that nan House of Commons callback its nationalist information committee to excavation into nan situation, calling connected nan Bloc Québécois and NDP to support that request.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested successful Richmond Hill, Ont. connected July 28 and look 9 different coercion charges, including conspiracy to perpetrate execution connected behalf of nan panic group Islamic State of Iraq and nan Levant.

Most charges subordinate to activities allegedly occurring successful Canada, but nan elder Eldidi is besides charged pinch 1 count of aggravated battle extracurricular Canada.

The petition from Scheer comes aft Global News first reported that sources opportunity nan complaint stems from a video released by ISIS successful 2015 that shows a man dismembering a captive pinch a sword.

The RCMP arrested nan 2 men astatine a edifice arsenic they were allegedly astir to perpetrate a violent onslaught for ISIS. Police seized a machete and axe astatine nan scene.

While constabulary told reporters some suspects are Canadians, Global News has learned nan boy does not clasp citizenship successful this country, and nan begetter immigrated aft nan ISIS execution video was released.

In tribunal past week some men denied nan charges but neither person entered a general plea.

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Scheer says nan government’s soundlessness arsenic to really 2 group pinch connections to a panic group successfully immigrated to Canada is unacceptable.

“This is simply a colossal nonaccomplishment of Trudeau’s nationalist information system,” he said astatine a property convention connected Parliament Hill Tuesday morning.

“Canadians person a correct to cognize what went wrong. How did this individual summation introduction into Canada and get Canadian citizenship. Canadians besides person a correct to cognize if … there’s anyone other successful Canada pinch akin backgrounds who were granted introduction into our country.”

The national authorities has truthful acold said very small astir nan matter.

Conservative MP and nationalist information professional Frank Caputo has written to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to inquire him to make nationalist each nan specifications of nan alleged violent plot, Scheer said.

He said LeBlanc would beryllium nan first witnesser he wants to telephone to committee.

—With further files from Global News