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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association looks ahead to the issues that Canadians will face in 2012: 1. The Cybersurveillance Bill The government has promised that it will re-introduce its lawful access legislation without any major changes. Previous versions of these bills gave law enforcement more powers [...]
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is monitoring the case of Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub, currently being argued in Federal Court. Lawyers for Mr. Mahjoub – who is subject to extremely strict release conditions pursuant to a Security Certificate – are asking the Court to lift these conditions.To read more about Security Certificates and how the process [...] The Montreal Gazette reported on Saturday December 3 that it had obtained a memo written in 2008 by former CSIS director, Jim Judd. The memo argues in favour of CSIS relying upon information procured through torture — or “torture leads” that are subsequently corroborated — in the Security Certificate process. The CCLA is very concerned to read that CSIS favoured relying [...] Minister Vic Toews has sent a letter of reply to a signed statement expressing the concerns of numerous organizations with the government’s publication of a “Most Wanted” list. Unfortunately, Minister Toews’ letter does not substantively address the issues raised, and does not provide adequate assurances with respect to them. The “Most Wanted” list was published by [...] |
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