Althia Raj: Border bill primed to give Mark Carney’s government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this?

It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers.

Althia Raj: Border bill primed to give Mark Carney’s government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this?

The Strong Borders Act tabled on Tuesday amends more than a dozen laws that affect the rights of Canadians and non-citizens.

Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill

The government yesterday introduced the Strong Border Act (Bill C-2), legislation that was promoted as establishing new border measure provisions presumably designed to address U.S. concerns regarding the border. Yet buried toward the end of the bill are lawful access provisions that have nothing to do with the border. Those provisions, which raise the prospect of warrantless access to information about Internet subscribers, establish new global…