Repealing C-51: an essential step in public safety and security

The Liberals are pledging to get rid of any sections that are dangerous. That’s pretty much the whole bill.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, left and CSIS director Michel Coulombe greet a committee member on March 30, 2015, the day they appeared before the Senate Defence and Security Committee on Bill C-51. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ELIZABETH MAY

May 4, 2016

It is one of the stickier aspects of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s omnibus-bill strategy: legislation rammed through Parliament as omnibus bills are harder to repeal and reform than stand-alone legislation. After passage, C-51 ceased to exist. It was an omnibus bill in five parts. Some o...

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