Bill C-51 is an assault on Canadian rights and freedoms unlike
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There is always a few million sq miles of forest without a people if privacy every becomes a concern. 2 weeks alone is all it takes before you start dreaming about overpasses and 'people' and can still hold the smile during the transitional period.
An anonymously uploaded YouTube video seemingly shot during Saturday's "Stop C-51" Rally on Parliament Hill depicts an RCMP officer telling a protester that, as a result of the coming anti-terrorism bill, he "could be branded a terrorist...whenever you're attacking the Canadian economy."
The officer, whose identity is unknown at this point, goes on to answer that "when the demo's down, you become citizens again," to the question "are we considered differently when we are demonstrating?"
UPDATE: a protester claiming to be present during the conversation CANADALAND offers the following context on the officer's 2nd comment:
"...we were discussing whether we were able to take a tour of the building. He expressed that when we were protesters we couldn't, as we would be considered possible disruptors, but once it is over we were "citizens again".
The practical implications of Bill C-51 are a matter of great debate and have been interpreted differently by various policy makers, academics and journalists.
But the fact that a working RCMP officer tasked with policing protests believes the bill has the power to temporarily revoke a protester's rights and status as a Canadian citizen is worth noting.
RCMP Officer to C-51 Protester: "You Could be Branded a Terrorist" | CANADALAND
It's odd. I kind of agree with all three columns:
Column 1: indeed many Canadians were consulted for the most part, but so we're the B&B Commission Report and the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy. Indigenous peoples were not consulted but got some minimal rights compared to the English and the French by fighting tooth and nail for them.
Column 2. Yes, Harper is too dictatorial for my taste. That said, abrogating the separate confessional schools system and rights exclusive to the English and the French would be a big step towards creating a more ethnically neutral Constitution that treats all Canadians more equally.
Column 3. Simply adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the highest law in the land would take care of that. In fact, doing so would automatically abrogated the separate confessional school system and rights specific to English and French due to its Article 2 concerning distinction made on the basis of language and religion.
Without getting rid of these, few would support the third column fearing that it would only expand the Constitutional advantage of the dominant ethnicities.
Sad, isn't it. Even the US guarantees reasonable property rights.
Here is a link to Bill C-51, should anyone wish to actually know what's in it.
House Government Bill - Bill C-51 - First Reading (41-2)
For those who are already experts can you point me to the sections of most concern?
House Government Bill - Bill C-51 - First Reading (41-2)
For those who are already experts can you point me to the sections of most concern?
Anything the Conservatives push through the House of Commons has me suspect.
If there is was thing I have learnt in politics is the regulatory applications sound all sweet,pretty and protecting,but in reality the process's which accompany these applications is riddled with poltical interference,and process's which diminish in capacity to serve public good,this is because the identities of who and what has access tothe process of having a say and shaping further safeguards of public interest is limited and filled with self interest,political interest and poltical *****s.
The Conservatives,as other polticial parties have demonstrated in history,that public interest is not always what it seems,therefore I believe nothing they say,I don't really pay attention to the meeting of minds of Conservative chit chat,I think the House of Commons has become a polltical party headquarters,no longer in the control of Canadians,no longer a place of Honour.
If there is was thing I have learnt in politics is the regulatory applications sound all sweet,pretty and protecting,but in reality the process's which accompany these applications is riddled with poltical interference,and process's which diminish in capacity to serve public good,this is because the identities of who and what has access tothe process of having a say and shaping further safeguards of public interest is limited and filled with self interest,political interest and poltical *****s.
The Conservatives,as other polticial parties have demonstrated in history,that public interest is not always what it seems,therefore I believe nothing they say,I don't really pay attention to the meeting of minds of Conservative chit chat,I think the House of Commons has become a polltical party headquarters,no longer in the control of Canadians,no longer a place of Honour.
Manny Montenegrino @manny_ottawa here's how Canada works. Terrible events. People demand action. Parliament enacts #C51. SCC charter tests it
... Unless it's a bill that you support, then the system works perfectly, right?