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“You have not shown significant indications of change since incarceration, with you attempting to radicalize others and threatening authority figures,” a parole board member wrote in late November.

The parole board member noted: “Had you followed through with these plans, you would likely have been directly or indirectly involved in the killing and injuring of many people.”

“While your violent history is limited, you displayed a significant commitment to your cause and continued to engage in those beliefs while incarcerated,” the parole board member wrote in an in-office review of the case.

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The parole board member described Larmond’s potential harm to others and national security as exceptional.

After credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Larmond was sentenced to five years in 2016. He has been freed under a law that requires federal offenders to be released after serving two-thirds of a fixed sentence. In this statutory-release law, the offender serves the rest of their sentence in the community.

The release is not granted by the parole board, though it has powers to impose conditions.

In Larmond’s case, the parole board stipulated that he live at a halfway house with a curfew and no overnight privileges, and he has to submit to police checks to review his phone for its search history.

If he does not breach conditions, he is scheduled to be released in 2021.

Larmond was arrested in January 2015 at a Montreal airport as he was boarding a flight overseas with hopes of joining an Islamic State training camp.