Commons passes controversial anti-terrorism bill, NDP says feds should put money back into RCMP, border security, and CSIS instead

A controversial bill with new anti-terrorism detention and arrest powers, that human rights groups say threatens civil liberties in Canada, was passed Wednesday evening after a series of coincidental incidents that kept crucial information almost entirely excluded from the final House debate—the successful arrest on Monday of two alleged terrorism plotters in Toronto with existing anti-terrorism law.

 

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