ABSTRACT
This chapter examines data from a new, open-source database developed by the National Security Coordination Centre (NSCC) of Solicitor General Canada, and from a variety of secondary sources. Emigre politics aside, the other main source of international terrorism in Canada has been Left-Wing opposition to events such as the Vietnam War and to American policy in Central America. The chapter contributes to the study of one type of political violence in Canada. It shows that while Canada has been far less 'peaceable', where terrorism is concerned, than Canadians generally recognize, it has been relatively fortunate when contrasted with other countries. The comparable American experience suggests that geography has played an important role in insulating Canada from international terrorism, and in isolating domestic terrorism from foreign sponsorship and nurture. Two tactics occur almost solely in the international variety of Canadian terrorism: assassination and hostage-taking in its various forms.
