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OTTAWA — “The Liberals are putting the safety of all Canadians at risk by allowing (ISIL) fighters to return to Canada and proposing a ‘reintegration program’ and support services for them.” — Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt

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The question of what to do about members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant who try to return to Canada has become a heated political battle in recent weeks.

The insinuation from Conservatives, as highlighted in Raitt’s quote from a fundraising letter last week, is that the Liberals are soft on terrorists.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shot back in a fiery exchange with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer on Tuesday, defending the government’s approach even as he accused the Tories of scaremongering.

“We have enforcement, surveillance, and national security tools that we use to a significant degree,” he said.

“But we also have methods of de-emphasizing or de-programming people who want to harm our society, and those are some things we have to move forward on.”