Conservative government tabling new anti-terrorism legislation
Posted Jan 30, 2015 06:51:03 AM.
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OTTAWA – The Conservative government will table legislation Friday, that if passed, would make it a criminal offence to encourage someone to carry out a terrorist act.
The legislation would create a new Criminal Code provision against advocating an act of terrorism.
A government source says an internal review of fatal attacks on Canadian soldiers last October identified the absence of a measure to prosecute those who encourage others to wage terrorism.
The provision would stop short of criminalizing the glorification of terrorism, such as simply posting an Internet video of a bomb going off.
But if the video also called for a similar attack on Canadians, that would fall under the planned new measure.
The bill is also expected to retool Canada’s no-fly list procedures to make it easier to stop a suspected terrorist from getting on an airplane.
Police are also expected to receive more power to restrict the movements of purported extremists by lowering the threshold for obtaining a peace bond.
