OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to look into whether a man facing terrorism charges with alleged ties to ISIS should have his Canadian citizenship revoked.

Miller made the comment at a government announcement in Nova Scotia, the day after a parliamentary committee voted to hear from both him and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc about how 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi entered Canada and became a citizen.

"I think Canadians deserve answers," Miller said. "I'm also going to take the next step, which is to start the preliminary work, with the evidence at hand, to look at whether the individual in question citizenship's should be revoked."{ai:summary}<p>In a cold pinch of a Nova Scotia afternoon, Immigration Minister Marc Miller mulled over the fate of Ahmed Eldidi, a 62-year-old with terrorism ties, and pondered the stark possibility of revoking his Canadian citizenship. A parliamentary committee's inquiry loomed like a storm cloud.  </p><p>The shadows of the past have a way of creeping into the present, and there was no shortage of questions simmering around how a suspect slipped through the cracks of their own backyard. In the streets of Ottawa, whispers of accountability echoed against the walls of power. #society</p>

Immigration Minister to look at revoking citizenship of terrorism suspect with ISIS ties

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