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Bill C-70, the Countering Foreign Interference Act, was introduced last month in a climate of panic and fear-mongering. If adopted, the bill will bring extensive changes to Canada’s national security, intelligence and criminal justice systems, and have significant negative impacts on the lives and rights of people in Canada.
The study of C-70 by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) began on Monday June 3rd and the hearings are scheduled to be over on Friday June 7th, after only five days. The Senate is planning on beginning a pre-study of the bill as of Monday June 10th, before it has even faced amendments in the House!
This is faster than even the rushed 2001 study of the first Anti-terrorism Act, which was in committee for a month - and that law still has negative ramifications to this day!
Please click the button below to send a quick email to members of the SECU committee, the Minister of Public Safety and your MP, to urge them to slow down the parliamentary process and allow for the proper analysis, debate and improvement of this troubling bill.
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