Canada censured over anti-terror bill - Video
Canada’s government has come under fire for exploiting the issue of a “foiled terror plot” in the country and the April 15 bombings in the US in order to pass a controversial anti-terror bill, which is deemed harmful to civil liberties, Press TV reports. - The Bill S-7 will revive two controversial provisions of Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act if it is passed. The provisions were initially instituted after the 9/11 attacks in the US in 2001. Under the first provision, Canada’s police is allowed to preemptively arrest individuals and hold them without charge for up to three days only on suspicion of being involved in ‘terrorism.’ Based on the second provision that provides an investigative hearing, an individual who is suspected of having knowledge of a ‘terrorist act’ can be forced to answer questions, and the person can be subjected to up to 12 months in prison over refusing to respond.
Tony Cartalucci: US-Canada Claim Iran-Al Qaeda Ties Despite US Funding Al Qaeda in Iran for Years
Keith Jones: Canadian government unveils “terror plot” as it adopts draconian new law - Canadian authorities boasted Monday afternoon that working in concert with the FBI and other U.S. national security agencies they had broken up a terrorist conspiracy involving an Iranian-based al-Qaeda cell. The announcement, made at a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) press conference, came just as the House of Commons was set to debate new anti-terrorism legislation that would give the state draconian new powers. [...] The little that has been revealed leaves no doubt that the timing of the arrests was a calculated political decision, made in close consultation with the highest levels of the U.S. government, and with the aim of stampeding the public on both sides of the border into accepting police-state measures.