Foreign fighters are defined as those who left Canada to join a terrorist group and fight abroad. We are told that the majority are young men, well-educated and make the decision to leave Canada to join a terrorist group and fight abroad all to defend their Muslim faith.
We also know the Canadian Security Intelligence Service estimates that sixty of themare now back on Canadian soil.
That statistic comes with many questions, such as how they are allowed back on Canadian soil, what is being done to monitor, arrest or prosecute them for their crimes abroad, and the threat they pose here at home.
