
This morning I contacted one of my favourite freelance writers, Justin Ling, to see about a story on drone regulations I was expecting. Ling’s office is literally inside parliament.I casually texted him something like, “Dude, when will your story be ready?”His reply: “Turn on the news.”Twitter was already erupting with images of a shot soldier who was standing guard at the National War Memorial. A crowd of bystanders feverishly performed CPR on an unseen victim lying next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, national war memorial.
Annoncering


Annoncering
This horrific attack comes on the heels of Monday’s hit-and-run incident that left one Canadian soldier dead and another in the hospital. The attacker, 25-year-old St-Jean-sur-Richilieu native Martin Rouleau—who recently converted to Islam and referred to himself as Ahmad LeConverti—was known to federal authorities as someone who had been "radicalized," according to the RCMP and the Prime Minister's Office. Witnesses say he was shot multiple times by local police after emerging from his overturned Nissan Altima brandishing a knife.For now, it sounds Ling is safe and sound, but being protected by armed soldiers and police who are swarming parliament as we speak. Everyone in Ottawa—from friends I have at law school, to my sister who teaches at a rural school outside of the city—is under some sort of lockdown. It’s important to remember that this is a city known for suburban tranquility.

