Trudeau government to release report on how Toronto terror suspects were allowed into Canada

OTTAWA—A government review into how a father and son arrested in Toronto for allegedly planning a terror attack were allowed into Canada will be completed and made public in the next two weeks, federal immigration minister Marc Miller said Thursday. Miller’s comments came as he appeared before the public safety committee, which is probing the Canadian government’s border screening processes in the backdrop of two recent alleged terror plots that were foiled in Canada but have raised concerns from opposition MPs about Canada’s security vetting. In July, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were in the Toronto area with participating in terrorism activities.

Earlier this month, 20-year-old Toronto resident Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who also goes by Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested in Quebec near the U.S. border as he was allegedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack targeting Jews in New York City on Oct.



7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. At the start of the committee’s probe in August, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and other senior security agency officials , though they said they would be conducting a review. That review will determine “if and when there was any deficiency” — and if any shortcomings are found, if they are “systematic,” Miller told MPs on Thursday.

The main question has been how the elder Eldidi entered the country despite his alleged appearance in an ISIS propaganda video prior to his arrival and one unspecified “risk-indicator” addressed in an interview with immigration officials shortly after. The elder Eldidi came to the country six years ago on a temporary resident visa before being granted a work permit and refugee status in 2019. He gained permanent residency in 2021 and citizenship in May 2024.

Both Miller and LeBlanc will be called to return to the committee following the review’s release. Ted Gallivan, executive vice-president of Canada Border Services Agency, also revealed at the first hearing that the border security agency did not know about the ISIS propaganda video on the dark web that allegedly showed the elder Eldidi dismembering someone before he came to Canada until it was reported in the media, drawing ire from Conservative MPs. The internal review is looking at whether scouring the dark web when conducting routine security assessments is something the government should be doing — or has the resources to do.

In his appearance Thursday, however, Miller answered few questions about Khan, citing the ongoing police investigation. Khan in June 2023 on a student visa, Miller told reporters last week. Since Khan’s arrest, major Jewish advocacy groups across the country have warned Canada has become a for some terrorists and a safe haven for others, urging the federal government to also take action about radicalization that occurs at home, such as outlawing the display of terror symbols and cracking down on groups that allegedly promote terrorism.

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