A senior RCMP officer says moving away from liberal ideas toward “traditional values” can show the start of violent extremism, touching off controversy after four Quebecers were charged with terrorism on Tuesday.RCMP Staff Sgt. Camille Habel made the comment on CBC News Network while talking about the Tuesday arrests near Quebec City. Police say the four individuals are accused of plotting to seize land by force and running a terrorist group.“The radicalization in general quite often will show by people isolating themselves and changing their behaviour,” Habel told CBC. “If someone … believed in equal gender rights, but all of a sudden [starts] leaning towards traditional values, that might be a sign they’re becoming more extremist.”.Many people objected to the RCMP officer equating long held faith and family ideals with an “extremist” security threat..“What does she mean by "traditional values"? How are "traditional values" extreme? I'm confused by this nonsense,” posted Twitter/X user SanMarcos..“Well guess I’m a radical extremist,” posted Twitter/X user Climate Changer..“Her statement is a damned insult! The RCMP needs to be overhauled from top to bottom if they are categorizing rejection of the ‘Gender Affirming Care’ political movement as ‘Extremist’??!” posted Twitter/X user BloodEnglish..The Western Standard reached out to the RCMP and has yet to receive a response.
