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All Canadians will want answers. And, when something of this magnitude occurs, they are owed answers.

But a press conference convened by the RCMP on Friday has only left the public and media with more questions. Little information of interest was revealed.

Here are questions we still have: What was the target of this plot? What was the motivation? What type of terror are we talking about here? Was the youth acting alone? If not, was the youth acting alongside other people, on the ground, here in Canada? Or was this done through online communication? Are police still investigating other individuals? Do they anticipate more charges?

These are all legitimate questions. Yet Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale simply told Canadians not to worry, that Canadians are safe.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the occasion to chastise “anyone who chooses to divide Canadians against each other.”

Neither of them offered any condemnation of people who actually plan terror plots. And for them to imply as they did that it’s wrong for people to ask questions is disrespectful of the public these politicians are tasked to serve.

The police can’t of course offer up everything about an ongoing investigation that is before the courts. But they could have offered more than they did.

It’s only natural for Canadians to want to know more.