The Toronto 18 — Radicalized in the Suburbs

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Episode 409: In June 2006, police carried out coordinated arrests across southern Ontario and charged 18 young men under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws. The case quickly became known as the Toronto 18. It was described as a homegrown plot, not directed from overseas but organized in suburban communities around Mississauga and Toronto. Most of the accused were in their late teens or early twenties. Many were Canadian citizens or long-time residents. Their backgrounds varied, but research and court records show no pattern of hardened criminal histories or severe mental illness. What drew them together, investigators argued, was a shared sense of grievance over global conflicts and a growing embrace of militant ideology. Sources: Prime Minister comments on terror arrests | Canada.caSeventeen Arrested on Anti-Terrorism Charges | Canada.ca2006 Ontario terrorism plot | WikipediaPublic Safety Minister Stockwell Day Issues Statement on Canada's National Day to Remember Victims of Terror | Canada.caToronto 18: Key events in the case | CBC NewsManitoba Law Journal, vol 44 no 1, 2021 CanLIIDocs 787R. v. N.Y., 2008 CanLII 51935 (ON SC)R. v. Gaya, 2008 CanLII 24539 (ON SC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.2	Welcome back to Dark Poutine. I am Mike Brown. And I am Matthew Stockton. Yes, you are. How are things, Matthew? You were just saying you're really tired. Yeah, so Steve is very old now and getting kind of sick. So I'm on four hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks. I've literally never
0:39.6	been this tired before. And I got to wondering, I was going to ask in the Yumberyard, do parents of
0:45.1	children, are they just like literally always tired? Yes. Because I was just thinking like this is kind of
0:51.1	maybe like a baby. Like I'm up all the time with him like checking on
0:54.7	him or you know if he's quiet if he's coughing and doing a thing and maybe passing out I'm of course
1:00.2	I'm awake if he is silent then I'm worried about him so I wake up and I'm like oh my god parents must
1:07.4	go through this but they have little human beings instead of a dog to look after, right?
1:11.4	Yeah, all the parents I know are sleep deprived for at least the first two years, at least.
1:16.1	At least the first 18 years.
1:17.8	Yeah, exactly.
1:19.6	Until college.
1:21.1	Yeah.
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