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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@9TMG6K47mos7MO
no not at all this is violent and taken away someones right to feeling safe this is a violation of someones life they cant be ditained for a suspition this is not right
@95YC8233yrs3Y
To what extent are they expanding? If it means my human rights can be violated because I'm a suspected "terrorist" then No.
@95QDFM3New Democratic3yrs3Y
I don't really know a lot about this Bill to answer this question
@95CVC5D3yrs3Y
this could lead to racial profiling of which I don't agree with
@93BGWFRNew Democratic3yrs3Y
No because I believe the police would secretly use the money for other things
@92RMKPK3yrs3Y
@8ZN6B9X3yrs3Y
Do they know if i watch porn or not?
@8YDGY873yrs3Y
This is hard to awnser but I ould say no because we have had seen bad things with police like with George Floyd and its tragic so just keep it at what it is.
@8XYTKJ2New Democratic3yrs3Y
No, a lot of indigenous reasons on why I don't support C-51
@8TD69HWNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, but the bill is a bit vague regarding certain issues, and could be taken advantage of
@8TBNMZHNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, it makes it easier for the police to target minorities
@8T4W3894yrs4Y
No, the bill is too vauge and may be abused through racial profiling
@8T2KWD54yrs4Y
No, it's too vague and is a pointer to a police state
@8SGF8CTNew Democratic4yrs4Y
The control of terrorism can be increased, but at the same time, there is a legal guarantee for people who are framed in the normal execution of tasks.
@8SBQNZ64yrs4Y
i dont kniw what it means
@8R4SVN4New Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes but as a precaution, there should be specific task forces to handle these matters and have local police as back ups
@8QWC29JNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, but they should not be too aggressive on the day to day lives of citizens
@8QSBDPDNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Honestly majority of police use their power wrongly
@8QFLDGCNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Somewhat, protection is important
@99HH6R5New Democratic2yrs2Y
Yes, but citizens should be allowed to be made aware of the process to increase accountability, and the scope should be increased to all crime.
@98XT5XBNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Yes but limits need to be carefully considered
@98DFNY4New Democratic2yrs2Y
I d ont really trust the police force and I feel like they would wrongfully convict someone. someone should only be convicted if there is solid 100% evidence they are a terrorist
@98D2B6G2yrs2Y
Un informed about the bill.
@98BP6YJ2yrs2Y
I don't fully understand the bill so therefore can't say anything
@97TD5G72yrs2Y
Yes, but ONLY if they suspect you of being associated with terrorism.
@8WNHTXHNew Democratic3yrs3Y
I would support a Bill that allows police to protect all citizens of this country and actually be an effective service.
@8VZTNQYNew Democratic4yrs4Y
It depends if there is a lot of terrorism happening at certain times, otherwise I agree.
@8T3DNZMNew Democratic4yrs4Y
I am unable to answer due to lack of knowledge on the subject
@8J8WW99New Democratic4yrs4Y
Only if there is more funding to Canada’s Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) and that warrants must be approved properly.
@8FKPHGBNew Democratic5yrs5Y
Yes, as long as it is not used as an excuse to racially profile people based on "suspicion of planning a crime" by police.
@8WKPCRH4yrs4Y
No, It further enables police to abuse their power and if bad cops take advantage of this a lot of really bad things.
@8WBCMXM4yrs4Y
Until we as a society can fully trust the authorities, we should not give the police even more power then they currently have.
@8VT7GP24yrs4Y
@mcclz1465New Democratic4yrs4Y
I would have to know more of the details of the bill.
@8VG2N6C4yrs4Y
@8V8LQD4New Democratic4yrs4Y
No we can barely trust our federal, provincial, and municipal policing to do they job in a non biase manner. Let’s put efforts into proper trainning and m natal health and continuing training and evaluations of the policing system we have in place now.
@8V3NWGNNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Not enough education for it
@8V28JMZNew Democratic4yrs4Y
I don't understand the bill
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