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Canada Set to Approve More Surveillance Authority

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Fri Jan 30, 2015 at 07:45:00 AM EST
Tags: Canada, War on Terror (all tags)
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Canada is unwisely following in the footsteps of the United States and about to pass legislation increasing surveillance authority for intelligence purposes in the name of the War on Terror.

Under the new law, which will be presented in Parliament, CSIS will be able to block financial transactions, stop people from traveling abroad to join extremist groups and intercept material that can be used in an attack. It would need to obtain a judicial warrant first.

...The new law will also let police detain potential terror suspects for longer periods without charge, the reports said, and make it easier to track and monitor suspects.

Act in haste, repent at leisure. Once you give power to the Government, it rarely gives it back.
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Canada has plenty of surveillance laws, including the 2013 Anti-Terrorism Act. Canada does not need increased spying authority, any more than the U.S. needed the Patriot Act.

Increased surveillance authority won't make Canada safer, it will only make it less free.

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