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Widespread Terrorism Is Just Part Of The Perfect Storm That Is Now Descending On The Western World
Widespread Terrorism Is Just Part Of The Perfect Storm That Is Now Descending On The Western World Words cannot adequately describe the utter horror that was unleashed on the streets of Paris, France on Friday. CNN is calling it “the worst violence witnessed in France since World War II“, and even though it happened a […]
Fall Election Presents Three Internet Privacy Futures
Fall Election Presents Three Internet Privacy Futures Here’s why Canadians should press candidates about warrantless data access. Warranted concern: This election could determine the future path of Canadian law on access to internet subscriber information. Canada’s controversial anti-terrorism bill, Bill C-51, has emerged as a key talking point in the current election campaign. Pointing […]
Five Questions for Media Rights Defender Taking C-51 to Court
Five Questions for Media Rights Defender Taking C-51 to Court Tom Henheffer and allies raised $25,000 to support their Charter challenge. So, what’s next? On June 18, Bill C-51 received royal assent, making the widely criticized and controversial Anti-Terrorism Act a law. Last week, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression […]
Libertarian? You Belong on the Left
Libertarian? You Belong on the Left Watch out, freedom lovers! Conservatives will build the biggest police state they can. A few dozen freedom-loving libertarians expressed their ”principled” opposition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Anti-Terrorism Act this week. As the Senate’s final vote on Bill C-51 is delayed to Tuesday, many are sounding off on Harper’s fractured right-wing […]
Sorry Liberals, ‘Oversight’ Won’t Fix Menace of a Terror Bill
Sorry Liberals, ‘Oversight’ Won’t Fix Menace of a Terror Bill Party’s position on C-51 is downright surreal, and solution to fix it equally flawed. The House of Commons sent Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act, to the Senate on Wednesday, where it is expected to quickly pass and become law. One-hundred-and-eighty-three Conservatives and Liberals voted in […]
Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons
Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons Passed third reading by a margin of 183 to 96 The federal government’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill has won the approval of the House of Commons. The Anti-Terrorism Act, also known as Bill C-51, easily passed third reading by a margin of 183 to 96, thanks to the […]
Bill C-51 opposition tweeted by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Harmer
Bill C-51 opposition tweeted by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Harmer Liberals say they’ll vote in favour of Bill C-51, despite hoping for changes Canadian author Margaret Atwood and singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer are voicing complaints about the Conservatives’ proposed anti-terrorism bill, asking Liberal MPs from their communities to vote against it. In particular, Harmer and Atwood have got their backs up […]
Let’s Not Sacrifice Freedom Out Of Fear
Let’s Not Sacrifice Freedom Out Of Fear A scientist, or any knowledgeable person, will tell you climate change is a serious threat for Canada and the world. But theRCMP has a different take. A secret report by the national police force, obtained by Greenpeace, both minimizes the threat of global warming and conjures a spectre of threats […]
Bill C-51 aims to ‘remove terrorist propaganda’ from internet
Bill C-51 aims to ‘remove terrorist propaganda’ from internet Free speech, privacy concerns raised about anti-terrorism bill’s internet clauses The anti-terrorism bill unveiled Friday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper includes a section that gives his government the power “to order the removal of terrorist propaganda” from the internet. That would still require a judicial order, […]
