Father, son arrested for ‘alleged terrorist activities’ in Toronto-area: RCMP

A begetter and boy are facing charges for “alleged violent activities” successful nan Greater Toronto Area, nan RCMP say.

In a media advisory, nan national constabulary unit said it will clasp an update connected nan lawsuit Wednesday successful Newmarket, Ont.

“Assistant Commissioner Matt Peggs will clasp a property convention to supply accusation connected caller arrests of a begetter and boy for their alleged violent activities successful nan GTA,” nan RCMP said.

“Following a connection from Assistant Commissioner Peggs, representatives from nan RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team will beryllium disposable for questions.”

The news convention is scheduled to statesman astatine 11 a.m. Eastern. Globalnews.ca will livestream it connected its website.

On nan rcmp.ca website, nan RCMP said that nether nan Criminal Code, “terrorist activity” is defined arsenic an enactment aliases omission committed successful whole, aliases successful part, for a political, belief aliases ideological purpose, nonsubjective aliases cause.

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That includes pinch nan volition of intimidating nan nationalist aliases conception thereof, pinch respect to its security, aliases to compel a authorities to do thing aliases refrain from doing something, arsenic good arsenic pinch intent to origin superior unit to persons, property, captious infrastructure, aliases basal systems.

The RCMP added violent activity besides includes preparatory offences specified arsenic attempts, counselling, threats, conspiracy, and being an accessory aft nan fact.

“While the Criminal Code definition of violent activity forms nan ground for each coercion offences, this definition/threshold does not request to beryllium met for the RCMP to analyse convulsive extremism aliases terrorism-related conduct,” it said.

“Like different offences successful the Criminal Code, coercion offences are devices that tin beryllium utilized to disrupt criminal threat actors. The RCMP can prosecute a scope of criminal offences to disrupt convulsive extremist and violent threat activity.”