DOMESTIC TERRORISM

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AIM AND
FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES
PROPORTIONATE AND MEASURED RESPONSE
A proportionate and measured response to terrorism is the best way to act consistently with
Canadian values and to preserve community support for counter-terrorism efforts.
Canada’s approach to terrorism will be proportionate to the threat, neither an overreaction nor
an underreaction. As security is a fundamental human right, the Government of Canada will
uphold this right in a manner consistent with other Canadian rights and freedoms. Accordingly,
the measures taken must be carefully designed to reasonably manage the actual threat while
minimizing interference with the public as people go about daily activities.
A FLEXIBLE AND FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH
Canada’s response to terrorism must anticipate how the threat will evolve over time. Equally,
Canada’s efforts will focus on prevention and address factors that make individuals susceptible
to violent extremist ideologies.
Terrorist groups adapt their techniques and capabilities to their operating environment. They use
new technologies, respond to international and domestic events, and create new organizational
structures and capabilities in response to domestic and international counterterrorism efforts.
Canada’s approach to counter-terrorism will be flexible and forward-looking to anticipate and
adapt to these changes by adjusting counter-terrorism activities and priorities.
To maximize results under the Strategy, it must also address the factors that contribute to
terrorism. For this reason, the Strategy seeks to address conditions that are conducive to
terrorism through efforts, such as countering violent extremism and Canada’s Counterterrorism
Capacity Building Program.
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