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Focuses on the refugee policies of Canada. Pressure from the United States and inside the country to tighten its rules on admitting refugees; Reluctance of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan to change any policies; Concern that Canada's refugee policies are exploited by people trying to bypass the normal immigration process.

The article reports on Zakaria Amara, an individual charged with plotting a terrorist attack in Toronto, Canada. The article was written following Amara's unexpected guilty plea entered at his trial in October 2009. A focus of the article is Amara's belief that he could outsmart the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada's Security Intelligence Service.