Blair says evidence - not politics - will decide whether the Proud Boys are named as a terrorist group - 2021-01-27

Blair says evidence - not politics - will decide whether the Proud Boys are named as a terrorist group January 27, 2021, Catharine Tunney, CBC News

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Shortly after the House of Commons voted unanimously to call on the Trudeau government to identify the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said he'll listen to the intelligence collected by the country's security agencies before deciding on next steps.

"To be clear: the decision to list any organization as a terrorist entity is based on intelligence and evidence collected by our national security agencies," said the minister in a statement sent to CBC News last night.

"Terrorist designations are not a political exercise."

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