Bill C-51 – The Antiterrorism Act 2015
Bill C-51, now known as the Anti-terrorism Act, allows Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, to disrupt real and perceived terrorist threats. It allows intelligence agencies to share Canadians’ personal information more widely. Authorities can detain someone for up to seven days if it’s believed a terrorist event may occur. And the exercise of these new powers can take place without meaningful parliamentary…