One youth was jailed for 30 months last year. Khalid is the second terrorist to be jailed.

During the trial, the prosecution had presented a two-and-half minute video which showed the masked plotters walking through snow for training in the wooded, secluded area of Ontario. Waving black flags, they are shown shouting 'Allahu Akbar' while undergoing armed training.

In sentencing Saudi-born Khalid, Justice Bruce Dorno said though he was not the brain behind the plot, he nevertheless was a major player as he bought electrical components for making bombs and recruited another person into the plot.

Since the terrorist has already served more than four years behind bars, under Canada's lenient laws he could be paroled in well over two years. The prosecution had demanded up to 20 years' jail term for him.

Khalid and his family immigrated to Canada from Saudi Arabia in 1995. Canada has one of the most lenient criminal laws in the world. Any move to tighten them draws howls of protests.