Tag Archives: Bill C-51
Canada moves a step closer to legalizing witchcraft, sorcery and fortune telling
By Will Young If you have ever dressed as Harry Potter or the Wicked Witch of the East for Halloween in Canada, you have committed a criminal offence. Section 365 of Canada’s criminal code currently makes it an offence to
Experts cautiously support Liberal legislation to overhaul Harper’s ‘unconstitutional’ Bill C-51
By ThinkPol Staff Constitutional, public safety and human rights experts have extended their cautious support for a new Liberal government bill that will significantly overhaul Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s controversial anti-terrorism legislation Bill C-51, which many see as being
Support for Bill C-51 hits all time low
The support for outgoing Conservative government’s controversial anti-terror legislation has fallen to an all time low, a new poll suggests. Only 16 per cent of Canadians want the incoming Liberal government to keep Bill C-51 as it is, while 26
RCMP planning mass arrest of indigenous activists under Bill C-51, supporters warn
The RCMP are preparing to carry out a mass arrest operation against the indigenous Unist’ot’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northwestern BC under Harper government’s Bill C-51 labelling as terrorists First Nations activists exercising their Aboriginal Title and Rights
Constitutionality of bills C-51 and C-24: Dept of Justice won’t release study until after election
Department of Justice has decided to not release any information related to the its examination of the controversial Conservative bills C-51 and C-24 claiming that meeting the legal deadline would “interfere” with the Department’s operations. DOJ Act 1985 4.1 requires
Conservative’s ISIS ad violates Geneva Convention, opposition says
By Mary Simpson The Conservative Party of Canada’s new ad using ISIS imagery of prisoners of war to attack the Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau’s stance on the terror group violates the Geneva Convention on the treatment of PoWs, according
Open letter to Justin Trudeau: Your Conservative light policies feed voter cynicism
By Derek Birch Young people don’t vote. Why don’t they vote? No one under the age of 35 even remembers a time when politicians actually did the will of the people. For anyone under 35 this means an entire lifetime
Peter MacKay’s exit: a matter of justice and relevance
By H. Grant Timms Peter MacKay’s announcement late last month that he would not run for re-election in the fall was sudden and unexpected – he had, after all, only just filed his nomination papers. Mr. MacKay’s decision not to
Harper wants to control Canada by keeping Canadians ignorant and afraid, scientist says
Stephen Harper is muzzling scientists and bringing legislation like Bill C-51 because the Prime Minister wants to keep Canadians ignorant and afraid, according to Simon Fraser University Professor Lynne Quarmby. “I was arrested for an act of civil disobedience,” the
Bill C-51 and the Conservative culture of contempt
By H. Grant Timms The debate on Bill C-51, distilled into its simplest form, seems to go something like this. On one side the government and its supporters, borrowing from the rhetoric of the American right, insists that there are