For two days in a row, Canada’s Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney has repeated the Canadian government’s position that it “is not sitting on the sidelines” in fighting terrorism at home or abroad.
On Monday, the Minister was before a committee of the Upper Chamber, the Senate, the National Security and Defence Committee defending Bill C-44 that would give Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, more powers.
On Tuesday, he was before the House of Commons Comittee on Public Safety and National Security defending Bill C-51 which would widen the powers of the Canadian authorities to spy on people, commit illegal acts, and take actions to disrupt national threats.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report.
ListenMore information:
Text of Bill C-44 – Act to amend the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and other Acts – here
Text of Bill C-51 – Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 – here
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