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• “Law would restore 9/11-era abilities of police to arrest without charge, judges to compel testimony” – The Globe and Mail

  Note the word “Compel”

  “The Liberals actually passed the Anti-Terrorism Act in 2001, but wrote in a “sunset clause” as a concession to civil liberties. This meant the most invasive powers – preventive arrest and compelled testimony – required renewal by Parliament. ”

  - The Globe and Mail

  Note that holding anyone in imprisonment without charge is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

  “Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced Friday that his party would seek to pass a Combatting Terrorism Act that would revive some urgent powers. In dire cases, police could temporarily hold terrorism suspects without charge, and judges could compel testimony from individuals who may know about attacks, past or planned.”

  - The Globe and Mail

   

  The previous Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion voted down the measures because it was considered a threat to our liberties, wow a poliican that cares about violations to the charter, its a miracle!

  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-seek-to-renew-anti-terrorism-powers/article1545320/

  Bill: C 36

  http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=bill&doc=C-36&parl=37&ses=1&language=E

  PLEASE EMAIL YOUR MP’s, PARTY LEADERS and your SENATORS to vote down the Anti charter of Rights and Freedoms bill.

  You can find any MP and Party leader at this site:

  http://www.carp.ca/evoice/

  Send an email to all the senators and tell them to turn the anti Charter measures down.

  HERE IS ALL THE SENATORS emails. Make sure there is a comma and a space after each email in the address box.
  bakerg@sen.parl.gc.ca, gautht@sen.parl.gc.ca, callbc@sen.parl.gc.ca, campbel@sen.parl.gc.ca, carsts@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, cordyj@sen.parl.gc.ca, cowanj@sen.parl.gc.ca, dallar@sen.parl.gc.ca, dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca, pdowne@sen.parl.gc.ca, dyckli@sen.parl.gc.ca, egglea@sen.parl.gc.ca, fairbj@sen.parl.gc.ca, frasej@sen.parl.gc.ca, fureyg@sen.parl.gc.ca, grafsj@sen.parl.gc.ca, harbm@sen.parl.gc.ca, hublee@sen.parl.gc.ca, jaffem@sen.parl.gc.ca, joyals@sen.parl.gc.ca, kennyco@sen.parl.gc.ca, losier@sen.parl.gc.ca, smithc@sen.parl.gc.ca, mahovf@sen.parl.gc.ca, massip@sen.parl.gc.ca,mccoye@sen.parl.gc.ca, mercet@sen.parl.gc.ca, milnel@sen.parl.gc.ca, moorew@sen.parl.gc.ca, munsoj@sen.parl.gc.ca, russem@sen.parl.gc.ca, poulim@sen.parl.gc.ca, poyv@sen.parl.gc.ca, ringup@sen.parl.gc.ca, rompkw@sen.parl.gc.ca, smithd@sen.parl.gc.ca, stollp@sen.parl.gc.ca, tardic@sen.parl.gc.ca, hervic@sen.parl.gc.ca, andrer@sen.parl.gc.ca, anguswd@sen.parl.gc.ca, brownb@sen.parl.gc.ca, comeag@sen.parl.gc.ca, champa@sen.parl.gc.ca, cochre@sen.parl.gc.ca, dininc@sen.parl.gc.ca, johnsj@sen.parl.gc.ca, kinsen@sen.parl.gc.ca, charrf@sen.parl.gc.ca, lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca, meighen@sen.parl.gc.ca, mcgeed@sen.parl.gc.ca, nolinp@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca, tkachd@sen.parl.gc.ca, wattc@sen.parl.gc.ca, brazep@sen.parl.gc.ca, mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca, eatonn@sen.parl.gc.ca, fortis@sen.parl.gc.ca, housal@sen.parl.gc.ca, danlang@sen.parl.gc.ca, mannif@sen.parl.gc.ca, mocklp@sen.parl.gc.ca, rainen@sen.parl.gc.ca, rivarm@sen.parl.gc.ca, stgerg@sen.parl.gc.ca, stratt@sen.parl.gc.ca, wallaj@sen.parl.gc.ca, wallinp@sen.parl.gc.ca, damphh@sen.parl.gc.ca, chapum@sen.parl.gc.ca, rattel@sen.parl.gc.ca, cookj@sen.parl.gc.ca, dawsod@sen.parl.gc.ca, debanp@sen.parl.gc.ca, rokosg@sen.parl.gc.ca ,foxf@sen.parl.gc.ca, goldsy@sen.parl.gc.ca, lavigr@sen.parl.gc.ca, pepinl@sen.parl.gc.ca, phaleg@sen.parl.gc.ca, lachah@sen.parl.gc.ca, prudhm@sen.parl.gc.ca, jcrivest@sen.parl.gc.ca, kfl@sen.parl.gc.ca, sibnic@sen.parl.gc.ca, zimmer@sen.parl.gc.ca, merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, mitchg@sen.parl.gc.ca, murral@sen.parl.gc.ca,

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http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/05/03/abortion-maternal.html

STOP BILL C6 NOW! YOUR CHARTER OF RIGHTS IS UNDER ATTACK!

Senator George Furey says bill is “Unconstitutional”
Constitutional Lawyer; Shawn Buckley says it’s the “Most dangerous piece of legislation he’s ever seen”

http://youtube.ca/watch?v=jx0N66UYUiE&feature=related

This video is SENATOR GEORGE FUREY talking out against the Bill

If this bill is passed, an “inspector” can enter your home at any time, even when you’re not home, and search your house without a court warrant.

CONTACT YOUR MP RIGHT NOW AND TELL THEM YOU’RE AGAINST THIS BILL.
Find your local MP below:

http://howdtheyvote.ca/members.php

More INFO:
http://youtube.ca/watch?v=TTjgbCiTkLk – video of Constitutional Lawyer; Shawn Buckley

http://youtube.ca/watch?v=X7_0HlCwb8A&feature=related

The entire Bill tabled by the Conservatives

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LegislativeSummaries/Bills_ls.asp?lang=E&ls=c6&source=library_prb&Parl=40&Ses=2#3powers

Warning: “Justice of the Peace” is not a court authority. You need a court authority for a warrant issue ONLY BY CHARTER LAW!

Join the Fight! The Bill is in its third reading, and is almost law.
Write to the media and asked why this hasn’t been on the News.

TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EMAIL or PHONE YOUR SENATORS RIGHT AWAY!

For the PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAILS OF OUR SENATORS GO TO:

http://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/political_lists/senators.pdf

OR GOOGLE: ALL CONTACTS FOR CANADIAN SENATORS- THANK YOU
PLEASE JOIN http://canadaparticipates.ca/

This is THE week: House Speaker to rule on historic confrontation between PM, opposition parties Are we a democracy or not? If the Speaker says Govt in contempt, will the Opposition do its duty and follow through with contempt vote? Email Opposition, addresses here. For updates on Speaker’s Ruling, follow O’Malley.

Email Iggy & Lee! LeeD@parl.gc.ca Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca In an excellent article, Cornellier resumes the situation re. Parliament & Democracy and seems to think NDP & Bloc are still on board, as are Lee & other Libs, but some turmoil within LPC, if I’m reading her right. So I encourage all democrats to email Lee & Iggy and tell them to defend Parliament and democracy. The Order was moved by the LPC’s Dosanjh & Cotler and amended by LPC’s Iggy & Goodale, after all!

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/285125/esquiver-le-parlement

“Mr Nicholson is acting without legal authority. He is violating, the government is violating, the Constitution of Canada.
Does that sound like a crisis? It should, . . .”

Interview on YouTube

This is a partial transcript of the interview of Law Professor Amir Attaran by the CBC’s Carole MacNeil (starting just after the 4 minute mark of the almost 8 minute interview). The interview was broadcast on CBC News Network on the afternoon of Friday, 2010.03.05. The time stamps are indicated between square brackets (i.e [0:00]) and are slightly approximate (they could be off by a few seconds).

[4:12]
[Amir Attaran] This is really a tremendous scam that Mr Nicholson has come up with, to make it seem as if there is a legal question, but because there actually isn’t a legal question,because it is absolutely clear that Parliament is entitled to uncensored documents, one hundred percent, Mr Nicholson isn’t willing to go to a real court. If he went to a real court, he’d get that answer, and he’d get an answer he didn’t like.

[5:30]
[Amir Attaran] You don’t need an act of Parliament, this is a Constitutional  power, it’s in our Constitution.
Let me be totally clear. What the government has done so far in failing to release the documents to Parliament uncensored, one hundred percent is illegal.[5:53] Mr Nicholson is acting without legal authority. He is violating, the government is violating the Constitution of Canada.
Does that sound like a crisis? It should, because the Constitution is the highest law of the land, and in other democracies, more advanced than the present government, this is not even debated. It’s absolutely taken as granted.
[Carole MacNeil] So what should happen from here, in your opinion?
[6:20]
[Amir Attaran] Well, the first thing is the government should hand over the documents. They are under a legal obligation to. Parliament ordered it.
[Carole MacNeil] Let’s assume they don’t
[Amir Attaran] Well, the options are numerous. The opposition parties could go to court. It’s something that I think that would be wise for them to do. Get the matter in front of a sitting, current judge who has powers rather than a retired one who does not. The opposition parties could also seek to hold members of the government or members of the military or civil servants, bureaucrats, in contempt of Parliament for violating the order. That’s another option.
It will be interesting to see what Parliament, what the opposition parties do next, but this, [7:09] mark my words carefully, this has ceased about being about Afghan detainees and whether they’re tortured. What is at stake here is extremely high constitutional principle about whether we are a democracy in which Parliament is supreme, or whether we are inching towards something that is slightly, dangerously tyrannical in which a sitting government can say “Parliament, tough luck! Your privileges, your constitutional power don’t matter.”

Links:
http://capparliament.wikispaces.com/05+HoC+Roles#media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDJ1TCXyRY8

http://capparliament.wikispaces.com/Amir+Attaran

In McGuinty’s Thrown speech, he has said he wants more foreigners filling Ontario Universities. What about Ontarians? First priority to our Universities is Ontarians, not foreigners. I recently heard of a story where a girl with a percentage of 94% was turned down. Yet foreign students are let in by the numbers. Foreigners pay more for tuition and overall cost. No wonder the universities want more of them, and I guess this is McGuinty’s way of pleasing them. Remember that Universities are a business and profit is equalled to service.  I am not a racist or have anything against people of other races. I am welcome to diversity in our province or country, but when Ontarians or Canadians are placed second to outsiders, I see this as an insult to the Ontarian people and Ontario students. Ontario students should focus on giving the best education to Ontarian students, which will lead to the best jobs for Ontarian students.