In January 2015, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-51 which would give police and spy agencies more power to detain terror suspects. Provisions to the bill include expanding police powers that would allow them to preventively detain or restrict terror suspects, ban the “promotion of terrorism”, allow the public safety minister to add people to Canada’s “no-fly list”, and enhance the powers of Canada’s spy agency CSIS. Proponents argue that law enforcement and intelligence agencies need more power to combat terrorism in the wake of the attacks on…
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@8YB8J6N3yrs3Y
Yes but only if there are conditions to prevent its abuse and guarantees that it doesn't violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
@8Y498MR3yrs3Y
@8TJ4NQW4yrs4Y
In between. It's good to be educated but now that they are, there might prejudice which should not be aloud.
@8TJ42VR4yrs4Y
I need more information before I can make my decision
@8T4W3894yrs4Y
No, the bill is too vauge and may be abused through racial profiling
@8R5BZB54yrs4Y
Yes, but the bill does need some revision to make it more granular. Currently it is too vague on issues of scope.
@8QFLDGCNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Somewhat, protection is important
@8Q56PTV4yrs4Y
Yes, but in very precarious situations and not to the extremity of violating individual rights. (
@9BSSD272yrs2Y
Very little attention should be given to terrorism prevention
@99C8W2W2yrs2Y
i’m not educated enough on this
@996MW2K2yrs2Y
Yes but there needs to be some whistleblowers to make sure we don’t spy on our own citizens, as Edward Snowden had exposed some agencies in the past
@992GMSS2yrs2Y
police don’t do their job, and if anything would result in more police brutality
@8TZ74J64yrs4Y
Police should not have too much power over people
@8TZ48GP4yrs4Y
Police are often times the reason issues are still happening so we should probably find some more efficient police officers before we expand their authority.
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