The Canadian government is considering revoking the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terrorist attack in Toronto.
Canadian police said last month that they had arrested a father and his son on suspicion of planning a “violent, serious attack” for the Islamic State terrorist group.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he had a “responsibility to get to the bottom of these incidents.”
“I will also take the next step and begin preparatory work on the basis of the evidence available to consider whether the individual in question should be stripped of his or her citizenship,” he said.
“I am as disgusted as any Canadian,” he added.
Ahmed Eldidi, 62, and his 26-year-old son Mostafa Eldidi were charged with terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder.
The two men will also face weapons charges because an axe and a machete were found in their possession, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
The father was a Canadian citizen who is also accused of committing aggravated assault outside the country in 2015, officials said. His son does not have Canadian citizenship, police said.
The Canadian government can strip a person of their citizenship if they make false statements about their past, the government website says.
According to police, Mr Eldidi and his son were in an “advanced stage” of planning a terrorist attack.
Further details of the plot – including the reasons for the investigation that thwarted it – have not been released.
“I hope to be able to provide answers to what happened in a relatively short period of time,” Miller told reporters on Wednesday.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security voted this week to summon ministers to testify about the Eldidis' immigration history.