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Cross Canada protests against Bill C-51

Article Origin

Author

Compiled by Robin Wilson, CFWE News

Volume

22

Issue

4

Year

2015

People across Canada are rallying against an anti-terror bill that, if passed, may infringe on the rights of activists and protesters.
 
The purpose of bill C-51 is to protect Canadians from a growing terror threat but many feel the limitations go too far.
 
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the Harper government isn’t worried about international terrorists.
 
 “The use the international atmosphere to pass all these bills but they’re really focusing on the Aboriginal people here in Canada. We are known as homegrown terrorists here in Canada and that’s how the Canadian government and whole system looks at us Aboriginal people, and we are a threat to them.”
 
The thought behind the bill was tied to the deaths of 2 Canadian soldiers on home soil last year.
 
Thomas Mulcair, the national NDP leader says, he has yet to hear a concrete and valid reason for the bill from Prime Minister Harper.