New Canadian Counterterrorism Law Threatens Environmental Groups
A proposed counterterrorism bill with enhanced policing powers would mean “open season on First Nations who are speaking out,” says an activist.
A proposed counterterrorism bill with enhanced policing powers would mean “open season on First Nations who are speaking out,” says an activist.
He describes the circumstances of his arrest and imprisonment.
The arrest, so soon after the epic Paris free speech march, underscores the selectivity and fraud of this week's "free speech" parade. It also shows why those who want to criminalize the ideas they like are at least as dangerous and tyrannical as the ideas they targeted.
This move is the classic hallmark of how a government propagandizes its citizens: ensuring that they hear only those views of which the government approves.
European Union officials are proposing an array of anti-terror initiatives, including giving security agencies greater access to personal data.
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