Feb 192015
With thanks to Lawyers Against the War:
Stop Bill C-51
A bill that endangers democratic rights to expression, association and dissent and introduces risks of arbitrary arrest, detention and surveillance.
Spread the message that:
- Your MP must vigorously oppose and vote against Bill C-51: a 62-page bill that seeks to create two new, and amend seven existing statutes;
- Bill C-51 threatens individuals with arbitrary arrest, prosecution and surveillance for exercising rights to expression, association and dissent;
- Bill C-51 must be scrapped and can’t be repaired;
- “The bill ought to be rejected as a whole. Repair is impossible,” say Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan;
- “…We cannot protect our freedoms by sacrificing them,” says Tom Mulcair;
- Bill C-51 is unnecessary and dangerous. Listen to Don Davies, MP and Nader Hasan, lawyer on Co-op radio àDiscussionà18/Feb/15. http://www.coopradio.org/station/archives/35
- Read Bill C-51: A Legal Primer by Clayton Ruby & Nader Hasan at https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/bill-c-51-legal-primer or at http://www.lrwc.org/canada-bill-c-51-a-legal-primer/