Canada's list of prohibited terrorist organisations, as presently operated, can be added to but not taken away from. So, once a group is added to the list that group remains on the list.
The suggestion is to make the list a two way street so that groups added can be delisted. That way a group that renounces violence can be rewarded and made legitimate -- a carrot and stick approach.
It may well be that being "delisted" is a small carrot for an overseas terrorist group but sometimes even small incentives can have big effects.
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Are you for real?
"The suggestion is to make the list a two way street so that groups added can be delisted. That way a group that renounces violence can be rewarded and made legitimate -- a carrot and stick approach."
And you would believe the terrorist group if they claimed to renounce violence?
Do you want to buy a bridge?
While the list of organizations seems reasonable, I am wondering who can add names on the list. Could a cabinet minister add a political party, even a mainstream one, on the list?
Libya used to be in the West's bad books. Now, it is in the better books.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on Thursday for a "jihad" or armed struggle against Switzerland, saying it was an infidel state that was destroying mosques.
"Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against (the Prophet) Mohammad, God and the Koran," Gaddafi said during a meeting in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to mark the Prophet's birthday.
"The masses of Muslims must go to all airports in the Islamic world and prevent any Swiss plane landing, to all harbors and prevent any Swiss ships docking, inspect all shops and markets to stop any Swiss goods being sold," Gaddafi said.
The Swiss Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on Gaddafi's remarks.
Lots of groups have genuinely renounced violence -- look to Ireland for an obvious example. Would I "delist" on a mere statement? No, I'd want to see, as in Ireland, destruction of weapons, for example. As for who adds name presently, my understanding is that it is a matter approved by Cabinet but maybe a reader has beeter information.
Unfortunately in Ireland all of the violence has not stopped.
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