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David B. Harris is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 lawyer. He is the former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Security Intelligence Service

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is the primary intelligence agency of the Canadian government. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting Intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert operation and overt, within Canada and abroad....
. Now working as a consultant, he is a regular commentator on issues of terrorism
Terrorism

Terrorism, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is the systematic use of terror, "violent or destructive acts committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." At present, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism....
. He is currently a Senior Fellow for Terrorism and National Security at the Canadian Coalition for Democracies
Canadian Coalition for Democracies

The Canadian Coalition for Democracies is a Canadian political action organization that advocates greater support for Israel, India and several other states....
.

Notably, Harris has suggested that Canada's immigration policy encourages the use of Canada as a base for terrorists, and has consistently advocated for harsher Canadian laws to combat terrorism.






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David B. Harris is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 lawyer. He is the former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Security Intelligence Service

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is the primary intelligence agency of the Canadian government. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting Intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert operation and overt, within Canada and abroad....
. Now working as a consultant, he is a regular commentator on issues of terrorism
Terrorism

Terrorism, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is the systematic use of terror, "violent or destructive acts committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." At present, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism....
. He is currently a Senior Fellow for Terrorism and National Security at the Canadian Coalition for Democracies
Canadian Coalition for Democracies

The Canadian Coalition for Democracies is a Canadian political action organization that advocates greater support for Israel, India and several other states....
.

Notably, Harris has suggested that Canada's immigration policy encourages the use of Canada as a base for terrorists, and has consistently advocated for harsher Canadian laws to combat terrorism. He is an outspoken defender of the Canadian government's use of security certificate
Security certificate

In Canada, a legal mechanism by which the Government of Canada can detain and deport foreign nationals and all other non-citizens living in Canada. The federal government may issue a certificate permanent resident or any other non-citizen who is suspected of violating human rights, of having membership within organized crime, or is perceived to b...
s to detain terrorism suspects without trial.

Public statements

In an October 2001 interview with PBS, Harris was sharply critical of Canadian immigration policy. He stated that "Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
 is the place you probably want to be if you are an Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
n extremist" and that Canada's then-current immigration policy was "making Canada a kind of Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
ic extremist aircraft carrier for the launching of major assaults against the U.S. mainland."

In a June 2002 interview with 60 Minutes
60 Minutes

or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
, Harris stated that there were at least 50 terrorist groups then operating within Canada, including the Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army

The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who in April 1916 staged the Easter Rising....
, Hezbollah
Hezbollah

Hezbollah is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. It is a significant force in Politics of Lebanon, providing social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites....
, Hamas
Hamas

Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
, and Al Qaeda.

In an April 2006 interview, Harris expressed his support for the Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories, is a major political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada....
 government's apparent willingness to crack down on terrorism, and praised the antiterror legislation introduced by the previous Liberal government.

While commenting on a Pentagon report claiming that Americans with high security clearance visiting Canada had been bugged with Canadian coins equipped with tracking devices, Harris was quoted as saying that "You could almost, by handing a coin to somebody, achieve the equivalent of the Mafiosi's last kiss on the cheek."

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