When we go down a road of justification, root causes, we deny the fact that these people choose an ideology that promotes hate. Hate fills their needs. It calls to them
The terrorist attacks that took place in Canada this past week are an attack on our culture, our way of life, Western civilization.
Two of our members in the military were murdered: Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent in Quebec, murdered by Martin Coutrue-Rouleau, a professed Muslim; and the murder by Michael Zeha-Bibeau of Corporal Nathan Cirillo, who was standing guard at the War Memorial in Ottawa, over those unnamed heroes who had given their lives so that we, their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, could continue to live in a democracy.