In the federal government’s 2016 report on the terrorist threat to Canada, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale refers to the so-called Islamic State as “Daesh”, saying that will be the Trudeau government’s name for the group from now on.

“This group is neither Islamic nor a state, and so will be referred to as Daesh (its Arabic acronym) in this Report,” said Goodale in the 2016 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada, which explains the government’s view of the key issues and threats facing Canadians from terrorists and stresses the need to both stop the group and others like it from radicalizing Canadians and the need to make sure that all responses to the threat of terrorism balance Canadians’ rights and freedoms.

“I can also confirm that this change is government-wide,” said Goodale’s press secretary, Scott Bardsley.

The acronym Daesh comes from the letters of the name the group first took when it formed: “al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham.”

The group has threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone who uses the name, which closely resembles another word in Arabic that means to tread underfoot, trample down, or crush something.

World leaders, including French President Francois Hollande and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, have been using the term since the end of last year, as have MPs with the Conservative Party in Canada.

Apart from the name change, the report offers little new information and closely echoes the sentiments outlined by Goodale in a June column about the government’s national security priorities published in the Huffington Post.

In both documents, Goodale stresses the need to balance rights and freedoms in the fight to prevent terrorism, as well as the need to pay serious attention to stopping radicalization before it takes root. He also touts the government’s efforts to create both a national counter-radicalization office and a new committee of parliamentarians tasked with reviewing the actions of Canada’s national security agencies.

“As we meet the threat of terrorism, we must also ensure the protection of our rights and freedoms. The establishment of a committee of Parliamentarians with access to classified information will play an important role in strengthening the accountability of all our national security agencies,” the report reads.

“We will also strive to make Canada a global leader in countering the insidious influences that draw people — especially young people — into radicalization to violence. As part of this effort, we are launching a new national office for community outreach and engagement to pursue research, mobilize resources, and help coordinate work at all levels to detect and prevent tragedies before they occur.”

The statistics included in the report are vague and most are already available publicly, such as the number of “extremist travellers” who have returned to Canada (around 60) and the number of individuals “with a nexus to Canada” who are suspected of being involved in terrorist activities abroad (approximately 180).

Of the individuals who have travelled from Canada, about 20 per cent are women.

The lure of Daesh for women is one of the emerging issues highlighted briefly in the report, along with the potential for use of chemical weapons and the growing use of encryption by terrorist groups.

Encryption has been a hot topic in the United States in recent years, particularly after the high-profile fight between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Apple over whether the technology giant should provide law enforcement with technology to get around the encryption on an iPhone used by the ISIS-inspired shooters behind last December’s San Bernardino attack.

“The growing use of encryption was brought to public attention during investigations into recent terrorist attacks outside Canada,” the report reads. “Encryption technology helps protect the privacy of Canadians but also creates new barriers in law enforcement and national security investigations. The Government intends to work with Canadians, industry, other key stakeholders and the international community to address these privacy and security concerns.”

Goodale said last week he wants to see more discussion among Canadians about encryption and where the balance lies between helping police to prevent crimes and respecting Canadians’ privacy.

His comments came just days after the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution at their national conference asking for a law that would require people to hand over their electronic passwords with the consent of a judge.