Steven Blaney explains proposed anti-terrorism bill, opposition parties voice their concerns
The government's highly-anticipated anti-terrorism legislation was finally tabled on Friday. Several of the proposed changes are controversial. Among other things, bill C-51 would:-Lower threshold of proof for arrests;-Allow Canada's spy agency -- CSIS -- to "counter-message" or "disrupt radical websites and Twitter accounts," and to apply to a court to order terrorist propaganda removed from the Internet;-Allow some court proceedings...
The government's highly-anticipated anti-terrorism legislation was finally tabled on Friday. Several of the proposed changes are controversial. Among other things, bill C-51 would:
-Lower threshold of proof for arrests;
-Allow Canada's spy agency -- CSIS -- to "counter-message" or "disrupt radical websites and Twitter accounts," and to apply to a court to order terrorist propaganda removed from the Internet;
-Allow some court proceedings to be sealed;
-Expand the no-fly regime;
-Make it a criminal offence to encourage a terrorism attack on Canada.
Canada's Public Safety Minister, Steven Blaney joins us to explain the proposed new laws.
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar and Public Safety and National Security critic for the Liberal Party Wayne Easter outline the opposition parties' concerns.