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The Sun learned Toronto Police had multiple contacts with Hussain dating as far back as 2010 when he was a student at Victoria Park Collegiate Institute and told a teacher “it would be really cool to kill someone.”

Sources have also said the RCMP had spoken to Hussain about visiting pro-Islamic State websites.

But Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale was quick to deny Hussain was on any federal watchlists.

One source with close ties to the policing world scoffed at Goodale’s comment.

“Most people don’t end up having the RCMP show up at their home to talk to them about their online activity,” said the source, who asked not to be named.

The source said the feds, police chief and others have been “playing with words” and “deceiving the public.”

“It’s all political,” the source said.

The Canadian government really is attempting to spin this as mental illness and not a terrorist attack.