Ep. 040: How is Canada Fighting Terrorism?

Guest: Lt. Col. Harjit Sajjan

There is a better way to fight terrorism than Bill C-51, according to Lt. Col. Harjit Sajjan.

The veteran of two tours of duty in Afghanistan and a former gang squad team member with the Vancouver Police says nothing beats person-to-person contact. He points to his intelligence gathering on gang members and on al-Qaeda.

Lt. Col. Sajjan says electronic surveillance equipment is merely a tool. He says, “The most valuable resource in counter-terrorism is human – highly skilled security forces that know how to target threats and then get inside the network to develop true intelligence.”