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"But, did I misread the media coverage that seemed disbelieving that this could actually happen in Canada?"

Given I get all of the Buffalo TV stations & follow the rest of the Niagara Frontier media pretty closely (e.g. we get Rush via WBEN-am out of Buffalo which alone makes for several local newscasts listened to), I can assure you the immediate public reaction to the busting of the 'Lackawanna Six' in that part of the States was virtually identical to that occasioned by own recent terror cell arrests.

One of the things - among many - which likely skews your perceptions as to Canada is that, with under 1/10 of America's overall population, local matters/reactions become national ones much more easily & frequently up here.

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"I can assure you the immediate public reaction to the busting of the 'Lackawanna Six' in that part of the States was virtually identical to that occasioned by own recent terror cell arrests"

That seems reasonable. Yet, Lackawanna, for many Americans, must be seen as a continuation of the change flowing out of 9/11. A change that has never stopped moving forward. Compare this to Canada that has an incredibly high profile home grown terrorist movement uncovered. Yet, within a few weeks we are back dealing with the media stream on gay mounties, marriage and tourists.
One day last week the home grown terrorist story in Canada was the number one story in the world. Ten days later and the story appears to be gone replaced by the same old fluffy nonsense. Conservatives should not be happy with this turn of events.