By Kimball Cariou As the global debate over the Charlie Hebdo killings descends into chest‑thumping and finger‑pointing, Canadians are being treated to the latest round of arguments over how to “defend our values.” For me personally, the term “Canadian values” brings to mind maple syrup, three‑down football, Hockey Night in Punjabi, the lyrics to “I’se…
Videos: Stop C-51 message by Miguel Figueroa; Kimball Cariou, editor of People’s Voice, on C-51 and its impact on alternative media; The War Measures Act and Bill C-51; Serious concerns with C-51; The frightening potential of C-51; Elizabeth May takes up opposition on Bill C-51. Videos about C-51. More coming soon.
Among Canadian politicians, the debate over a sweeping new anti-terror bill has focused on parliamentary oversight. Both New Democrat and Liberal MPs say Bill C-51 should be amended to let a committee of parliamentarians, sworn to secrecy, monitor Canada’s intelligence agencies. They note that other countries, such as Britain and the U.S., do this. Implicit in…
Bill C-51 does not explain precisely what the “disruption” powers in the proposed Bill entail. It gives CSIS licences to engage in break-ins, computer hacking, draining bank accounts, ripping up passports, “smear campaigns,” kidnapping, indefinite detention or much more that violates constitutional rights – so long as in advance judges sign off, based only on a…
Central Executive Committee Communist Party of Canada March 28, 1993 Forty years after the cease-fire that ended the Korean War, tensions are again running high on that divided peninsula. Since the middle of March, military forces in both North and South Korea have been placed on alert, and the danger of a new outbreak in…
In October, 2001, the first so-called anti-Terrorism legislation was passed by the Liberal Party following the beginning of George Bush’s “War on Terror.” The expanded powers were highly controversial due to widely perceived incompatibility with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular for the Act’s provisions allowing for ‘secret’ trials, preemptive detention and expansive…
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More and more clubs are using facebook events to publicize. Keep in mind that Facebook is still generally a secondary way to do publicity. As much as possible, the best way to do publicity is still phone calls, followed up with emails, and/or other forms of reminders if possible like text messages. When time and resources allow, Canada Post…
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How was the Canadian Security Intelligence Service created, and why? There are two ways to tell this story. The one we are most familiar with is from the side of the Canadian ruling class, and its state which created CSIS. In this version, CSIS exists to protect all Canadians. From exactly what we’re being protected is…