On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the Canadian government’s decision to participate in air combat strikes in Iraq, the fight against homegrown terrorism, a challenge to Canada’s new election laws, and a proposed attempt by the government to change copyright laws to allow political parties to use media news footage in political ads without prior authorization from media outlets.
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Despite protests, criticisms from electoral officers and former electoral officers, and opposition parties, the Canadian government used its majority in the House of Commons to pass the Fair Elections Act on Tuesday, May 13, 2014.
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