Canada, as is the case with other countries in the West, continues to deny the ever-increasing national security threats that the jihad presents.
Yet the biggest threat to the West isn’t the obvious jihadis who have been telling the world their intent via sermons, religious texts, persecuting minorities and murdering infidels. It’s those who escort them into Western nations and run interference for them. Although “intelligence agencies have increasingly warned that critical infrastructure in Canada is vulnerable to attack from foreign states” via Hydro One, “a labour arbitrator has found Hydro One’s national security background checks were ‘intrusive’ and ‘unreasonable.’”
Every inch that jihadis gain in the West will multiply exponentially in the face of those who cover for the jihadist project of conquest.
“Security protocol adopted after Hydro One hired alleged ISIS recruiter ‘unreasonable’: labour decision,” by Catherine Tunney, CBC, May 6, 2026:
After hiring an alleged ISIS recruiter, Ontario’s largest electricity provider tried to bring in a much more intensive security screening process to protect its grid — but a labour arbitrator has found Hydro One’s national security background checks were “intrusive” and “unreasonable.”
The decision comes as Canada’s intelligence agencies have increasingly warned that critical infrastructure in Canada is vulnerable to attack from foreign states, and that private companies need to take national security and insider threats seriously.
But as the decision — issued in late January and made public only recently — shows, there’s still a gulf when it comes to balancing those concerns with labour and privacy rights.
“There can be no doubt that Hydro One’s business is highly safety sensitive and is part of Canada’s critical infrastructure,” wrote arbitrator John Stout in his decision. “But the issue remains, do the general potential threats identified by Hydro One provide reasonable cause or justification for the intrusive screening of all existing employees? I think not.”
The case dates back to 2015 when, according to evidence filed by Hydro One, it was approached separately by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the RCMP about an active investigation into a former co-op student “who was acting as a mid-level ISIS recruiter while employed at Hydro One.”
CSIS said it won’t confirm or deny any specific investigative details.
The individual was subsequently killed in the Middle East, said the arbitration document.
Hydro One then hired Juno Risk Solutions, a consulting firm which specializes in insider risk management and workforce reliability screenings, to investigate. It turned up “red flags” in Hydro One’s hiring process, according to the company’s evidence…
somehistory says
Sounds like the “arbitrator” has the ‘i’ in the word in the wrong place. It’s more important to many that the terrorist gets to keep secrets which will cause injury and death, than it is to the public to stay safe from those things.
If only companies could refuse to hire muzzies.
Which reminds me of a story out of Chicago regarding a Walgreens store closure. Closing because of the problems. of staying open for business; and those in government are saying the store has to stay open. They won’t allow it to close.
So the “arb traitor” won’t allow the electricity company to do a thorough background check to keep out terrorists. What a world.
Taffy says
Something is wrong north of the border. A utility company, defense contractor, etc., should be able to do thorough background checks to screen potential and existing employees. It is too easy for a rogue employee to sabotage the whole company.
And by the way, the northern US states buy Canadian hydro-generated power in the middle of the night so they do not have to burn fossil fuels to meet demand.
jerry glenn says
Canada surges in the international Islamopandering derby.