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    A “foreign entity” has hired gunmen to shoot at synagogues in Toronto, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime Ruby Sahota said in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Ms. Sahota made the remark in an exchange about the government’s lawful-access bill, which would require electronic service providers, such as internet companies, to provide police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service with surveillance and monitoring capabilities. Ms. Sahota said the shooters behind the recent incidents “were paid-for hires, hired by a foreign entity.” She argued that passing the bill would mean fewer victims of such crimes.

    While I don’t deny such a network could exist, it’s terribly convenient that this claim (a) makes local shooters into “misled youths” falling prey to evil foreigners, and that (b) defeating this claimed network requires an expansion of government surveillance capabilities.