The man accused of shooting up Edmonton City Hall has not been charged with terrorism offences despite a political institution being attacked and a likely manifesto being left behind—and it could remain that way, according to an intelligence veteran.
Phil Gurski, who spent 30 years with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment, said the manifesto is “a dog’s breakfast of issues” and it doesn’t contain some of the usual markers tied to Islamist extremism.
