Never In Canada?

A Jewish elementary school was set alight last night in Montreal. Notes left at the site indicate that Muslim radicals were likely behind the fire:

The notes denounced recent attacks against Palestinians, including the killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, leader of the Islamic Hamas movement, and threatened further attacks.

"Our goal was only to sound the alarm without causing deaths. . .but this is just a beginning. If your crimes continue in the Middle East, our attacks will continue,'' the letter reads.

Many Canadians have this naive view that the types of religious attacks we see occuring around the world could never happen here. What will it take to make Canadians realize we are only a few short steps away from experiencing such terrible things first hand?

There is an undercurrent of hate flowing in our culture and ignoring it will not make it go away. Or do most Canadians think they will remain safe if it is only directed at a particular portion of our society?