RE: [L-I] Security Bill-7 before senate

Mac

I have spoken to several of the senators involved on this committee. The
Chair (Ms Fraser) is vehemently in favour of "protecting" Canadians with
this bill.

Everyone, except Gustavson, is in favour and their minds are all quite
clearly closed and made up.

What the heck else can I do??

Nicholas

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Subject: [L-I] Security Bill-7 before senate


Subject: Canada's Patriot Act 3 before the Senate


The Senate is holding hearings into Bill C-7 the latest piece of Canada's 
police state legislation. This bill is the third version of it that they 
have tried to pass over the last 2 years: it was C-42 then C-55 then C-17, 
now called C-7.

This bill is horrific: it gives unlimited power without parliamentary 
review to 8 different ministers in the form of interim orders, with an 
explicit exemption from the orders being examined for their legality or 
constitutionality. It gives these orders under the Quarantine Act, and 
provides National Defense with a reserve pool of military judges to prepare 
for the event of martial law,
so it's truly frightening; all of us who have examined the bill feel it 
must be stopped by any means, although we recognize that stopping 
legislation in the Senate is rare and very difficult.



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