There are so many good reasons why Bill C-51 should be gutted or scrapped.Starting with the main one: it would turn us into a police state.But here are three other reasons I came across today:(1) The police didn’t need any new powers to arrest and convict these pathetic wannabe terrorists.
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The Canadian Progressive: Bill C-51: 8 things activists and dissenters in Canada need to know
After thoroughly studying Harper’s draconian anti-terror Bill C-51, lawyers at the BC Civil Liberties Association suggest the 8 things activists and dissenters in Canada need to know. The post Bill C-51: 8 things activists and dissenters in Canada need to know appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Totally Disastrous Day of Political Devastation
It seems only appropriate that the only thing Stephen Harper tweeted yesterday, was a little video of himself learning the proper way to pour beer in Ireland.Because I'll bet Great Leader was pouring himself more than a few last night, after what had to be an absolutely disastrous day for him
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper government’s anti-terror laws target anti-pipeline foes
The Harper government Bill C-51 and other recently-passed anti-terror laws are designed to target and silence anti-pipeline foes, protect Big Oil interests. The post Harper government’s anti-terror laws target anti-pipeline foes appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Politics of Madness
Well so much for Great Strong Leader, who would try to brainwash into believing that all we need to do to feel safe is to trust our fate to HIM.Trust that only HE can stop the terrorist hordes from beheading us in our beds. And allow HIM to turn Canada into
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Struggle Against Bill C-51 Must Continue
It's taken me two days to come down from last Saturday's big demonstration against the Harper regime's foul Bill C-51.Because I do wear my heart on my sleeve, and it was so great to see so many Canadians in the street at last.Instead of letting Stephen Harper scare them into
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Much Deserved Mockery
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Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and his Monstrous McCarthyite Cons
When we last left Stephen Harper yesterday afternoon, he was in his Terror Command Bunker, also known as the Fear Centre, trying to block out the sights and the sounds of yesterday's massive Day of Action.And no doubt shocked by the sight of all those demonstrators, all those Stop Harper
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Canadians Sent a Message to the Terror Cons
It was cold wet and miserable across most of Canada today. A day to stay at home if ever there was one.But that didn't stop tens of thousands of Canadians from turning out to send a message to Stephen Harper and his foul Con regime. We are not afraid, and
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: About The "Harper Gestapo Act" And Other Prime Ministerial Fear Mongering
I would feel much more hopeful about October’s election if I believed this kind of critical thinking were common among our fellow citizens: Re: Tory rhetoric defies belief, Editorial March 12Re: Terror a diversionary tactic, Letter March 12 As a Canadian-born Jew I am offended at Public Safety Minister Steven
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Tens of thousands expected to protest Harper’s Bill C-51 today
As many as 83,000 people are expected to take to the streets of Canada today to protest Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s proposed “secret police” legislation. The post Tens of thousands expected to protest Harper’s Bill C-51 today appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper To Muslims: Prove You Are With Us
That certainly is the implication given the tone that Diane Ablonczy takes with National Council of Canadian Muslims executive director Ihsaan Gardee during hearings on Bill C-51. As you will see, however, the latter eloquently and quite effectively denounces the spirit of McCarthyism behind Ablonczy’s question: Recommend this Post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bill C-51: The Cons Turn the Committee Hearings Into a Star Chamber
Well as could have been predicted, the committee hearings into Stephen Harper's totalitarian Bill C-51 are turning into a sinister spectacle.With a little bit of Orwell, and a little bit of Kafka.The Kafka part being that although the bill would give the security forces massive powers to invade our privacy, on
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Bill C-51 will allow police to “persecute First Nations protesters”: Chief
Chief Lloyd Oronhiakhète Phillips of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke last week informed Harper that Bill C-51 would be used “to brand legitimate protests by First Nations as acts of terrorism.” The post Bill C-51 will allow police to “persecute First Nations protesters”: Chief appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Trudeau–Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is a significant speech the likes of which we have not heard in this country for some time. It runs for 43 minutes and for some that is too long. However it is here in its entirety and can be viewed in stages if need be.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Latest Example Of Tory Contempt For The Electorate
This is the ‘poll’ Conservative MP Lawrence Toet is sending out to his Winnipeg constituents: Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair said on Wednesday the survey reflects a viewpoint pervasive in Conservative circles. “It’s the same approach as Stephen Harper. It’s the same approach as Vic Toews, you know: ‘You’re with
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Two Way to Fight Bill C-51 and Shred Stephen Harper
With Stephen Harper's anti-terrorist bill now being rammed through a parliamentary committee.And the Con regime sounding ever more desperate. “The Holocaust did not begin in the gas chamber. It began with words.”Or veering into the realm of farce.I see there are now at least two ways we can help shred the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Mary Walsh Shreds Stephen Harper
Really. Literally. But enquiring Conservative minds (if that is not a contradiction in terms) will want to know if she qualifies as a terrorist under Bill C-51: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Human Rights And The Politics Of Fear
When Alex Neve, longtime Secretary General of the Canadian branch of Amnesty International, speaks, people should listen. He and his organization have now weighed in on Bill C-51, the ‘anti-terror’ bill being promoted with such relish by Stephen Harper and his acolytes. It is a bill, Neve and many others
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien Bashes Harper Over Bill C 51
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As each day passes we learn of more resistance and outright condemnation over Conservative PM Steve Harper’s assault on Canadians rights and freedoms that would result from passing his so called anti-terror Bill C 51. The Green Party and The NDP have both challenged the bill for
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