Trudeau vows to find killers of Canadian hostage in Philippines

The Toronto Star reported on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s affirmation that Canada will not paying ransoms to terrorists.

Arjun Chowdhury, an assistant professor of political science at UBC, weighed in on the issue.

“When country A pays a ransom and country B does not, you have an incentive to kidnap somebody from country B and execute them to send a signal to the government and citizens of country A, ‘Look, we’re serious,” he said.

The story also appeared on MSN.