US EditionLiberal Border Security Bill Poses Serious Risk to Rights, Liberties, Coalition Warns
- The Liberal government introduced Bill C-2, known as the Strong Borders Act, this week in Canada to expand border security powers.
- The bill responds to pressure from the Trump administration concerning irregular migration and fentanyl, aiming to address organized crime and border safety.
- Bill C-2 grants powers to search mail, expand Canadian Coast Guard security roles, limit asylum claims, and increase police access to digital information without robust oversight.
- Tim McSorley, coalition coordinator, stated the government must adopt legislation tailored to illegal gun and drug trafficking rather than broad omnibus measures.
- A national coalition warns that the bill endangers civil liberties and human rights, urging the government to retract it and instead develop more precise legislation addressing specific border issues.
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Liberal border security bill poses serious threat to rights_ coalition warns
OTTAWA — A national coalition of civil society groups says the Liberal government's new border security bill poses a serious risk to liberties and human rights. The Ottawa-based International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group is calling on the government to withdraw the bill and replace it with more targeted legislation on specific border concerns. The coalition brings together dozens of non-governmental organizations, unions, professional associ…
A national coalition of civil society groups asserts that the Liberal government's new Bill C-2 on border security poses a serious risk to human rights and freedoms.
Le feuilleton de la Colline parlementaire: nouveaux tarifs et nouveaux projets de loi
Cette semaine sur la Colline parlementaire à Ottawa: de nouveaux tarifs américains, un projet de loi pour renforcer la frontière avec les États-Unis, la GRC ne recrute qu’en anglais, une nouvelle secrétaire parlementaire pour les langues officielles. Le gouvernement veut renforcer la sécurité à la frontière Le projet de loi C-2, actuellement en deuxième lecture à la Chambre des Communes, a pour but premier de renforcer la sécurité à la frontière…
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