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Jul 22, 2026
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Shooters for hire: What’s fuelling the Canadian increase in outsourced violence?
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Guns for hire are on the increase in Canada. Motives for a crime may be split among the shooter, recruiter, payer, ideological ecosystem and sometimes a foreign or transnational criminal sponsor. (Max Kleinen/Unsplash)
Shooters for hire: What’s fuelling the Canadian increase in outsourced violence?
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Canada is facing an attribution problem when it comes to extremist violence. The person who pulls the trigger may not be the person who has the motive; in some recent cases, there may be no single motive at all.
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