Let's be realistic about the politicisation of this issue. This is an blatant act of fear-mongering and should not be the public face of a governing party.

Post by Conservative Party of Canada - Parti conservateur du Canada.

Here is the original article: "West Edmonton Mall named in Al-Shabaab Video as Possible Target"

The quote in full is as follows:

"If just a handful of mujahedeen fighters could bring Kenya to a complete standstill for nearly a week, then imagine what a dedicated mujahedeen in the West could do to the American or Jewish-owned shopping centres across the world," ...
"What if such an attack was to occur in the Mall of America in Minnesota, or the West Edmonton Mall in Canada, or in London's Oxford Street, or any of the hundred or so Jewish-owned Westfield shopping centres dotted right across the western world?"

The question becomes, is this threat of attack coming from a real initiative to cause terrorist havoc in the named developed centres? Or is this an attempt to build upon a nation's already flourishing fear tactics?