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Is the Jihadi Threat Overhyped?

April 15, 2016January 21, 2022 - by Jonathan Kay

Chris Alexander and Jonathan Kay debate whether Canadians should worry about terrorism

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World

Middle Eastern Promises

November 18, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

What happens if France or another NATO country invokes Article 5?

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Politics

Gagging the Messenger

September 25, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Craig Forcese and Kent Roach

Stay out of jail: What you can and can’t say under Bill C-51

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Technology

Locked Tight

September 4, 2015June 17, 2020 - by Stacey May Fowles

Why you can’t retweet me

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Politics

Why Can’t Canada Get National-Security Law Right?

June 9, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Craig Forcese and Kent Roach

By ignoring years of recommendations, Bill C-51 manages to complicate the fight against terror while also harming our civil liberties

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Photograph of Bill C-51 protesters by Jeremy Board
Politics

The Real Agenda behind Bill C-51

April 15, 2015March 3, 2022 - by Craig Forcese and Kent Roach

Buried behind the government’s simplistic anti-terror talking points is a desire to liberate CSIS from its dysfunctional relationship with the RCMP

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Photograph by Shadab Shahrokh Hai
Politics

Taking Action against Bill C-51

March 16, 2015March 29, 2021 - by Desmond Cole

A report from Toronto, one of fifty-six Canadian cities to protest the government’s proposed anti-terror law

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Photograph by Shadab Shahrokh Hai
Politics

Open Letter to Parliament: Amend C-51 or Kill It

February 27, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Various Contributors

An open letter addressed to all members of Parliament and signed by more than 100 Canadian professors of law and related disciplines

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Photograph of Bill C-51 protesters by Jeremy Board
Politics

Bill C-51: the Good, the Bad . . . and the Truly Ugly

February 13, 2015December 2, 2019 - by Craig Forcese and Kent Roach

Two eminent legal scholars detail exactly what we should welcome—and what should fear—in the government’s new anti-terror legislation

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Politics

Think Inside the Box

February 4, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Marni Soupcoff

The government’s new security bill is designed to scrub “terrorist propaganda” from the Internet. It will also curtail freedom of thought

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