9/11 In Canada Essay

9/11 was a series of four organized terrorist attacks made by an Islamic terrorist group called the Al-Qaeda. These attacks took place the United States, New York City and Washington D.C., on September 11 2001. This was one of the most tragic days of the world, especially for American Citizens. The events that took place on September 11th 2001 (9/11) impacted our country in numerous ways, some for the better but mostly for the worst and it continues to scare as well as affect Canadian citizens today.
9/11 has increased the amount of racist people here in Canada and has made racism a large problem. There have always been racist people in the world which has caused many complications for people. In the past, we did not have many extreme problems here in Canada resulting from racism but that changed after 9/11. Having an increasing amount of Muslim people living in Canada was

something that the Canadian citizens have accepted before 9/11. Muslim people were never patted down more than others in airports, they were never stared at by frightened young children and there was not as much discrimination. Ever since the 9/11 attack, people have looked at Muslims in a whole new light. The events of 9/11 had introduced a new worry into Canada. Terrorism. "Islamist" was the worst that came to use as the term for Muslims therefore Canadians would call them "Islamic Terrorists". Even on September 6 2011 right before the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Stephen Harper declared that “the major threat is still Islamism”. If the Prime Minister is willing to publicly announce that they are a major threat, we know there is a problem.

Countries all around the world were getting more and more strict with their laws after 9/11, therefore Canada thought it would be more safe and easier to avoid future conflict if they changed some laws. In other words, Canada followed the leader per say. Our country has never been a racist country, however the events that occurred September 11 2001 changed a lot of attitudes. Looking back to the previous paragraph, Stephen Harper made some very racist comments. Now, however under the power of Justin Trudeau, Canada is welcoming citizens from Syria and many Islamic countries with open arms. Not only that, also helping them by giving them residences and job opportunities.
After this tragic event, many people were frightened that it could happen again which lead them to becoming afraid to fly on planes or to go to certain places due to improper security. After 9/11, an estimated amount of $92 billion dollars was spent on national security systems in Canada. It says these were built in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and includes the departments of National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Safety, Justice, the RCMP, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the Canada Border Services Agency.
Just moments after the attacks on that tragic day, security measures were put in place in many different prominent buildings here in Ottawa.

Eventually after ten years, many of those security systems became permanent. Many citizens of Canada were afraid to fly after 9/11 and were even too afraid drive to cross the border and enter the United States. The government knew this was a problem because they wanted the country not to feel threatened, they wanted people to feel that Canada is safe. Because of this, Airport security around the world was limiting items that security said could be used as weapons or explosives in Canada. In 2002 the Air Transport Security Authority took over the business of screening at airports. Per our Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the 9/11 attacks have helped shape our country to be more intelligent and aware of current events. Apparently, prior to 9/11 Canadians were not aware of terrorism threats facing the country. "Today we are much more focused on it. We are much more concerned about it. We're much more able to detect and thwart terrorism than before," said

Harper.
In conclusion, many different people provide many different opinions on how 9/11 affected Canada. Above, I listed many different opinions on what resulted of the attacks, in Canada and how they may have been a good thing to Canada, or a bad thing for us.