Do not militarize Canada.

Editor,

The guy who "attacked" Ottawa was a nutcase with a history of drug abuse and street thuggery. He had even been kicked out of the mosque he joined. From the Vancouver Sun newspaper:

“His behaviour was not normal,” said David Ali, vice-president of Masjid Al-Salaam mosque in Burnaby, B.C. “We try to be open to everyone. But people on drugs don’t behave normally.”

Mufti Aasim Rashid, spokesperson for the B.C. Muslim Association, which runs Masjid Al-Salaam, said Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau was asked to leave the mosque, because he had “gotten a hold of keys and stuff from the mosque, and when he got out of jail, he just started sleeping there.”

Please don't call for militarizing Canada, a humane and civilized society, on the basis of actions by this nut job.

Re: "Attacks in West Raise New Fears Over ISIS’ Influence" (10/25/2014)