This article is fear-mongering. It strongly suggests that the defeat of Islamic State will unleash a torrent of terrorist threats on Canada. In other words, we're damned if we leave Islamic State alone and damned if we defeat it.

Here's the reality. First, Islamic State is nowhere close to being defeated. This is true even of Islamic State in Mosul, where all the fighting against IS is currently taking place. They haven't even started on Islamic State in Syria yet, which is likely to be an even tougher nut to crack. Islamic State is also active in Yemen and across North Africa. So it's not like IS if going to furlough all its jihadis any time soon.

Second, Islamic State is a banned entity under Canadian law. Anyone offering material support for Islamic State is committing a criminal offence, even if it were simply being a cook in an IS brigade. The penalty is imprisonment for ten years, not a chat with a social worker.