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In a video posted to social media, the woman shouts her concerns at Trudeau. The PM rather surprisingly turns away from his fans and, without breaking a smile and bordering on a wink, tells her: “They came under Harper.”

Is this true? Yes, when it comes to the 60 count. But as I wrote in a recent column, Goodale in his very statement referenced CSIS testimony that he admitted was many months old – over two years old in fact. Goodale’s office insists the numbers remain the same but a 2017 public threat report expected in the coming weeks will be the true test.

That original 60 number comes from the December 2015 year-end numbers. While a handful of these 60 may have possibly come in after November 4 – when Trudeau became PM – most of them surely came in under Harper’s watch.

Expect the Liberals to highlight this point more and more. Because only hours after Trudeau’s mall appearance, Liberal MP Bill Blair made the same argument in the House of Commons.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel asked the government what they’re planning to do with these dozens of returned jihadists. Blair’s response included Trudeau’s line that they all came in before the Liberals took office and “not one of those individuals had been charged during the term of that government. In fact, the previous government cut over a billion dollars from Canadian security services during its last term of office.”

We know that Canadian jihadists have indeed been coming since at least the middle of 2014 so the question as to why none of them were charged soon after is a good one. While the politicians don’t direct the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, you’d still expect a government that talks tough on terror to oversee tough on terror results.