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Agenda parlementaire
Parliamentary agenda
5 bills to watch before Parliament breaks for summer
CBC News 22/05/2014 - When members of Parliament return to Ottawa next Monday, they will have four weeks left to get work done before the House of Commons is scheduled to break for summer recess. As MPs enter the home stretch of  this spring sitting, here are five bills worth keeping an eye on: 1. Bill C-13, the protecting Canadians from online crime act; 2. Bill S-4, the digital privacy act; 3. Bill C-23, fair elections act; 4. Bill C-24, strengthening Canadian citizenship act; and 5. Bill C-31, the economic action plan 2014 act, No. 1. Read more - Lire plus |
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Suppression de la dissidence
Suppression of dissent
Muslim group takes next step in libel suit against Stephen Harper
CBC News 26/05/2014 - A national Muslim organization is proceeding with a lawsuit against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for a comment it says linked the organization to a terrorist group. The National Council of Canadian Muslims is filing a statement of claim in Ontario Superior Court after failing to get an apology from the Prime Minister's Office for the January remark. Lawyer Jeff Saikaley says the council is seeking a public retraction and damages  of up to $100,000. The comment in question came after the council criticized the inclusion of controversial rabbi Daniel Korobkin in a delegation accompanying Harper to the Middle East. In January the council took its first legal step by filing a notice of libel which quotes Harper spokesman Jason MacDonald as saying, "We will not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas." The comment was "categorically false, offensive and defamatory," Ihsaan Gardee, the council's executive director, said at the time. A half-dozen other rights groups, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Association of University Teachers, have offered support to the Muslim group. Read more - Lire plusIhsaan Gardee: Anti-Muslim diatribe promotes false suspicion |
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Immigration et droits des réfugié.es
Immigration and refugee rights
Opinion: Productive week for Canada's desk torturers in Harkat, Diab cases
rabble.ca 21/05/2014 - Two judicial decisions released last week remind us that the concept of national security is incompatible with democracy: the former almost always trumps the latter, and various enemies-du-jour are regularly created and then served up on the altar of "security." In each instance, profoundly disturbing decisions were dealt to Mohamed Harkat, facing deportation to torture in Algeria based on secret hearsay, and  Hassan Diab, facing extradition to France on clearly trumped up allegations likely gleaned from torture. When doubts are raised about the fragility of democratic rights, the national security state relies on its courts to provide legal reassurance that torture, indefinite detention without charge, secret trials, overseas military occupation, the iron curtain of governmental secrecy, and other crimes of state can be rationalized as necessary byproducts of certain organizations' duly-authorized mandates. Read more - Lire plus |
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Privacy pushback: 6 ways your rights could be threatened
CBC news 26/05/2014 - On Monday, the federal New Democrats called for a group of independent experts to investigate warrantless data collection by the federal government. Here's a look at some recent legislation and other developments that  have raised privacy concerns: PIPEDA, the Digital Privacy Act, the cybercrime bill, CSEC activities at Canadian airports, telecoms giving their customers' information to the federal government without a warrant, and NSA surveillance.
Read more - Lire plusFederal privacy law faces constitutional challengeSupreme Court to rule soon on telecom data privacyPM chooses senior federal Justice lawyer to be next privacy commissioner
Cyberbullying bill surveillance powers alarm Ontario privacy watchdog
CBC news 21/05/2014 - Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's privacy watchdog, is sounding the alarm about "overreaching surveillance powers" contained in Bill C-13, the federal government's legislation to combat cybercrime. In a sharply worded letter sent to Conservative MP Mike Wallace, the chair of the Commons justice committee currently studying Bill C-13, Cavoukian warns the government against  beefing up police powers under the guise of protecting children from cyberbullying and other online crimes. "The time for dressing up overreaching surveillance powers in the sheep-like clothing of sanctimony about the serious harms caused by child pornography and cyberbullying is long past," Cavoukian said in a letter dated May 16. Cavoukian is calling on the federal government to "immediately" split Bill C-13 and only move ahead with sections 1 to 7, those provisions that would make it an offence to distribute "intimate images" without consent.
Read more - Lire plusStockwell Day calls for changes to cybercrime billLaw groups urge government to revamp cyberbullying bill
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Canada et la surveillance globale
Canada and mass surveillance
The Globe and Mail 28/05/2014 - Canadians are "stupid" and post far too much information online, a former head of the national electronic spying agency says, leaving the country with a "long way to go" in protecting personal information in an Internet era. John Adams made the comment in a Senate meeting Wednesday as he and other witnesses discussed a bill that would create an  all-party parliamentary committee to oversee the top-secret efforts of Canada's intelligence and security agencies - a notion backed by Mr. Adams, who led Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) from 2005-11. The bill comes as the government faces growing complaints about other bills expanding surveillance powers online. Interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier instead said Canadians are trusting - adding Mr. Adams's choice of words were not hers. Read more - Lire plusSenator Hugh Segal's bill calls for spy agency oversightDeclaration on mass surveillance calls for public study, new privacy measures The Canadian Press 22/05/2014 - One of the voices behind a new declaration on mass surveillance says Canada needs a commission of inquiry to ensure governments and corporations respect privacy in an era of big data. Prof. David Murakami Wood of Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., says it's time for an in-depth look at how  organizations routinely collect and sort huge amounts of personal information. Murakami Wood, a member of the university's Surveillance Studies Centre, joined other academics and civil libertarians in publishing the seven-point statement aimed at improving accountability. The statement calls for a "public process" to come up with a comprehensive legal framework for information and privacy rights, building on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and United Nations principles. Read more - Lire plus The Ottawa Statement on Mass Surveillance La Déclaration d'Ottawa sur la surveillance de masse au Canada Globe and Mail editorial: Canada needs a royal commission on spying and privacy of Canadians Opinion: Pull back veil on national security Spies gather personal info for cyberdefence
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Mass surveillance around the world
Surveillance globale dans le monde
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Autres nouvelles - More news
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Afghanistan
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Border controls
Contrôles frontaliers
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Citizenship, immigration and refugee rights
Citoyenneté, immigration et droits des réfugié.es
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Criminalization of dissent
Criminalisation de la dissidence
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Guantanamo
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Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror
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Liberté de la presse
Press freedom
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Primauté du droit
Rule of law
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Renvoi vers la torture
Rendition to torture
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State secrecy
Secret d'état
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Surveillance
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Technologie et vie privée
Technology and privacy
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Terrorism cases
Procès pour terrorisme
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Les opinions exprimées ne reflètent pas nécessairement les positions de la CSILC - The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the positions of ICLMG
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Évènement
Espionage, the Individual & the UN: Human Rights vs National Security
June 5, 2014 7:00-9:00 p.m Human Rights Research and Education Centre University of Ottawa, Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis Pasteur, Room 550  A panel discussion with Marcel Jesensky on "Diplomatic Relations in the Digital Age", Shayna Gersher on "Regulating Spies in the Skies: Recommendations for Drone Rules in Canada", Wesley Wark on "Keepin Spies Accountable in Democracies", and Stan Carlson on "Intelligence for Peacekeeping and Human Rights". |
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Action
Petition to the Canadian Government: Stop Bill C-24! Don't turn millions of us into second class citizens
 Canada is all about diversity. Many Canadians were born in other countries or are citizens of other countries because of their family history - and all of us are 100% Canadian. But this new law - Bill C-24 - will shatter a core principle of Canadian citizenship - that all Canadians have equal rights. This new law will make a second-class citizen out of every Canadian who's born elsewhere or who is a dual citizen. |
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Action
Donate to the
We Are Jose campaign!
Jose and Ivania Figueroa came to Canada as refugees from El Salvador in 1997, and have since raised a family here. Jose has had to fight an unjust deportation order for the past four years, and was forced to seek sanctuary in a local church so as not to be separated from his family. Let's raise enough money to cover their legal costs and give them hope that they will not be torn apart!
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Action
Egypt must release journalists and protect freedom of expression
Send a message to Minister of Justice Nayer Abdel-Moneim Othman calling on the Egyptian authorities to release Mohamed Fahmy and his Al Jazeera colleagues immediately and unconditionally.
Sign and share the petition now! |
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Action
Egypte - Arrêtez cette exécution de masse - Stop the mass execution
En Égypte, une parodie de justice vient de condamner à mort 528 personnes. C'est certainement la plus grande décision d'exécution de masse de notre siècle, et un seul homme peut arrêter ce massacre.
Sign and share the petition now!
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Évènement
Proud to protect refugees: Du 16 au 22 juin 2014 joignez-vous à la Marche!
Comment peut-on changer les regards posés sur les réfugiés et les autres personnes en quête de protection au Canada près de chez nous? Organisez une marche ou joignez-vous à une marche près de chez vous! |
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Action
Signez la déclaration Protéger notre vie privée maintenant
Le gouvernement est sur le point d'adopter le projet de loi C-13 qui assure une immunité aux entreprises de télécommunications lorsque celles-ci donnent nos informations privées aux autorités, même quand ces dernières n'ont pas de mandat.
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What is the News Digest? Qu'est-ce que la Revue de l'actualité?
The News Digest is ICLMG's weekly publication of news articles, events, calls to action and much more regarding national security, anti-terrorism, and civil liberties. The ICLMG is a national coalition of thirty-eight Canadian civil society organizations that was established in the aftermath of the September, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. +++
La revue de l'actualité est notre publication hebdomadaire de nouvelles, d'évènements, d'appels à l'action, et beaucoup plus, entourant la sécurité nationale, la lutte au terrorisme, et les libertés civiles. La CSILC est une coalition nationale de 38 organisations de la société civile canadienne qui a été créée suite aux attentats terroristes de septembre 2001 aux États-Unis.
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knowledge or consent of the Bahamian government. Instead, the agency appears to have used access legally obtained in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to open a backdoor to the country's cellular telephone network, enabling it to covertly record and store the "full-take audio" of every mobile call made to, from and within the Bahamas - and to replay those calls for up to a month.
