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Revue de l'actualit� - News Digest
6 novembre 2014 - November 6, 2014
L�gislation anti-terrorisme
Anti-terror legislation 

How Canada's terror laws could change
 
The Globe and Mail 31/10/2014 - The attacks that killed soldiers in Ottawa and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., have Canadian MPs grappling with how to respond - one bill is already nearly through parliament, another was tabled days after the attacks and the government has mused openly about what new powers it may yet give police. The collection of efforts have sparked calls for restraint - to not let the attacks spur knee-jerk counter-terrorism legislation that infringes on civil liberties. The government, however, has sidestepped many of the issues. Here's a summary of the developments to date in the parliamentary push to fight terrorism.

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Terrorisme : que faut-il vraiment changer ?

Tories lost July court ruling on CSIS spying overseas
R�flexions sur la guerre au terrorisme 
Reflections on the war on terror

More surveillance punishes Canadians, not terrorists

Huffington Post 29/10/2014 - The potential destruction of terrorism is infinitesimally smaller than the damage done to our rights by a disproportionate attempt to prevent it. Please. Please remember this. It's even more important now, when that fact is so easily forgotten in the wake of the attack on our Parliament and the tragic deaths of Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. We cannot allow the extreme actions of a few to strip us of the freedoms those soldiers worked so hard to protect. But the Canadian government continues to roll back our rights in the name of "security." [...] More extreme laws aren't the answer. You can reduce the number of those inclined to violence with solid, community-based prevention programs, better mental health support, and by working to stop radicalization, ghettoization, and feelings of alienation among disadvantaged or minority groups. But if someone decides to go on a killing spree, all we can do is hope they don't have access to heavy-duty weaponry (which, in Canada, they most likely won't), and that our frontline officers and security personnel are there to stop them.

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Canada's place in the ever-shifting war on terror: Walkom

Inconvenient questions for Stephen Harper about the attack on Parliament Hill
Surveillance et vie priv�e
Surveillance and privacy 

Canada's bad dream  

World Policy Journal Fall 2014 - Edward Snowden's June 2013 leak has shone unprecedented light on the dark underside of Internet connectivity. So far, however, Canada has remained a victim largely hidden in the shadows. Much of the debate over the National Security Agency (NSA) revelations has focused on U.S. domestic surveillance of individuals never under suspicion. But whatever modest legal protections Americans may enjoy, all those outside the United States are classified as foreigners and have no such protection. And while we know most about the NSA's domestic surveillance operations, the Snowden documents make very clear that with the aid of its allies-Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand-the NSA has developed a globe-spanning surveillance infrastructure of remarkable scale and scope. Rarely mentioned in the Snowden documents is the targeting of Canadians. Given its long shared border and the pattern of Internet buildout in North America, much of Canada's internal Internet traffic- domestic traffic that originates and terminates in Canada-is routed via the United States, where it is subject to the NSA's domestic interception programs. Furthermore, the lack of international submarine fiber optic cables on Canada's shores means that almost all of Canada's third country Internet traffic is similarly routed through the United States and via NSA surveillance operations. 

 

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CBC "stonewalled" Snowden story, says Greenwald

CANADALAND 23/10/2014 - CANADALAND has learned that last year the CBC acquired NSA documents describing a major CSEC surveillance program, but the public broadcaster has been sitting on this news for over nine months, with no immediate plans to publish. In an interview with CANADALAND, Glenn Greenwald has revealed the "shocking reluctance" of veteran CBC reporter Terry Milewski to inform the public about CSEC spying, an indifference eventually revealed to be actual ideological opposition on the part of a reporter to exposing government surveillance programs. Further, CANADALAND has learned that the Globe and Mail initially spiked documentation of an earlier Snowden revelation, reneging on a promise to Greenwald that if he were to provide them with Snowden leaks, the Globe would include this original documentation in their reporting. Greenwald learned that the initial decision to withhold the Snowden files came directly from former Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse, whom Greenwald suggests may have been buckling to government pressure.

 
Autres nouvelles - More news
Afghanistan 
Anti-terror legislation
L�gislation anti-terroriste 
Criminalisation de la dissidence
Criminalization of dissent 
Democracy and civil liberties
D�mocratie et libert�s civiles
Drones
Guantanamo 
Guerre au terrorisme
War on terror 
Immigration and refugee rights 
Immigration et droits des r�fugi�.es 
Islamophobie  
Islamophobia
No fly lists 
Listes d'interdiction de vol 
Oversight of security agencies   
Surveillance des agences de s�curit� 
Politique et anti-terrorisme 
Politics and anti-terrorism
Press freedom
Libert� de la presse
S�curit� nationale et droits humains
National security and human rights  
State secrecy
Secret d'�tat 
Terrorism cases
Proc�s pour terrorisme
Terrorisme
Terrorism
Terrorist entities lists
Listes d'entit�s terroristes 
Torture and rendition to torture
Torture et renvoi vers la torture  
Miscellaneous
Divers  

 

 
CETTE SEMAINE / THIS WEEK
- Anti-terror legislation: How Canada's terror laws could change
- Reflections on the war on terror: More surveillance punishes Canadians, not terrorists
- Surveillance and privacy: Canada's bad dream; CBC "stonewalled" Snowden story, says Greenwald
- Autres nouvelles / More news
 
Revue    

Surveillance des populations: Tous les articles sont maintenant en ligne

La Ligue des droits et libert�s a lanc� cette revue au printemps 2014; tous les articles sont maintenant disponibles en ligne. Dans un contexte o� les r�v�lations d'Edward Snowden ont suscit� un d�bat public salutaire sur la mise en place d'un syst�me de surveillance des populations, ce num�ro vise � apporter un �clairage suppl�mentaire sur l'�volution des enjeux de surveillance et de protection de la vie priv�e et des renseignements personnels, leurs implications en mati�re de d�mocratie et de droits humains ainsi que les perspectives en termes de r�sistance et alternatives.

Deux articles ont �t� r�dig�s par Roch Tass�, coordonnateur national de la CSILC, et Anne Dagenais Guertin, coordonnatrice aux communications et � la recherche de la CSILC.

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Film   

The Secret Trial 5 in Ottawa theatre 

ICLMG is proud to partner with the team of The Secret Trial 5 documentary for their Ottawa screenings.

When
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Sun, Nov 16, 3:45pm
Mon, Nov 17, 5:00pm
Tue, Nov 18, 9:15pm

Where: The Bytowne cinema, 325 Rideau St. Ottawa


Synopsis: Imagine spending years in prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you're accused of. A film about the human impact of the "War on Terror," The Secret Trial 5 is a sobering examination of the Canadian government's use of security certificates, a Kafkaesque tool that allows for indefinite detention without charges, based on evidence not revealed to the accused or their lawyers.

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Les opinions exprim�es ne refl�tent pas n�cessairement les positions de la CSILC - The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the positions of ICLMG

What is the News Digest? Qu'est-ce que la Revue de l'actualit�?

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.
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La revue de l'actualit� est notre publication hebdomadaire de nouvelles, d'�v�nements, d'appels � l'action, et beaucoup plus, entourant la s�curit� nationale, la lutte au terrorisme, et les libert�s civiles. La CSILC est une coalition nationale de 38 organisations de la soci�t� civile canadienne qui a �t� cr��e suite aux attentats terroristes de septembre 2001 aux �tats-Unis.