Two groups plan to challenge controversial Anti-Terrorism Act
Posted Jul 21, 2015 09:22:46 AM.
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression plan to file papers with the Ontario Superior Court today to challenge sections of the Harper government’s Anti-Terrorism Act.
The groups say sections of Bill C-51 violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The bill gives Canada’s spy agency more power to disrupt suspected terrorist plots, broadens no-fly list powers and creates a new criminal offence of encouraging someone to carry out a terrorist attack.
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