Government could revoke citizenship of Toronto ISIS suspect, minister says
Global News
'I have a responsibility to get to the bottom of it, and I will,' Marc Miller told reporters.
The government will consider revoking the citizenship of a Toronto man accused of plotting a terrorist attack for ISIS, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Wednesday.
Miller told reporters he had begun “preliminary work” to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to rescind the suspect’s Canadian citizenship.
Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, was arrested at a hotel north of Toronto on July 28 as he and his son were allegedly planning an attack in the city.
In addition to being charged over the alleged Toronto plot, Eldidi was accused of an aggravated assault the RCMP said was committed overseas in 2015.
Sources have told Global News the charge refers to the dismemberment of a prisoner shown in a propaganda video released by an ISIS branch in Iraq.
Although police said Eldidi is a Canadian citizen, the government can revoke the citizenship of those who misrepresented their pasts when they immigrated.
The government has used the provision against Nazis who lied about their involvement in the Holocaust when they came to Canada.
Miller said his department would look at the immigration and citizenship timeline of the “individual in question.”
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