Columnists
The Federal Court building in Toronto. Image: Kevin P. Siu/Flickr
Federal Court furious with CSIS iIlegality and lies
Matthew Behrens | Instead of an external review, a full public inquiry into the crimes of CSIS designed by those who have suffered from the agency's practices is a more fitting approach.
Columnists
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Canada's slow-drip torture of refugee Mohamed Harkat
Matthew Behrens | Later this week, human rights groups and individuals will mark the June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with an online writing and call-in event.
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Police at a protest against the Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby in 2014. Image: Mark Klotz/Flickr
Yes, Canada has a racism crisis and it's killing Black and Indigenous peoples
Pamela Palmater | The oft-repeated mantra of "we are not a racist country" provides comfort to many Canadians that racism and white supremacy are uniquely American problems, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Police surveillance stifles climate justice activism, supports fossil fuel interests
Robin Tress | From Kenney's war room to CSIS and the RCMP monitoring Indigenous activists and sharing knowledge with oil giants, democratic institutions have been captured by the fossil fuel industry.
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Taking your voices to the Standing Committee on National Security
Marie Aspiazu | On February 8th, our Executive Director, Laura Tribe, testified before the Parliamentary committee reviewing Bill C-59, delivering thousands of voices and raising Canadians’ top privacy concerns.
Columnists
Omar Khadr. Image: Khadr family/Wikimedia Commons
Omar Khadr forced to surf wave of Canadian racism
Matthew Behrens | Canadian torture survivor Omar Khadr has been forced to surf the wild wave of Canadian racism and white fragility that marks so much of the gloating Canada 150 party.
Podcast
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Sweeping new surveillance legislation in U.K. could affect Canadians
Redeye Collective | The Investigatory Power Bill in Britain legalizes a range of tools for hacking and snooping unmatched anywhere in Europe. Once the bill becomes law, the pressure will be on Canada to harmonize.
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Canada is still torturing people and no one has been held accountable
Gerry Caplan | Torture is both immoral and useless as a tool to fight terrorism. It outrages Canadians. How can our governments condone it for even one more day?
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Bill C-51 is criminalizing radical youth in return for the illusion of security
Kevin Metcalf | Students have both the most to lose from Bill C-51 -- and the greatest role to play in defeating it.
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Public consultation on Bill C-51 looks like an elaborate PR stunt
Abigail Curlew | National security surveillance in Canada is an absolute mess. Bill C-51 is just the most recent manifestation of its problematic elements.
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Bill C-51: Canadians won't accept tinkering at the margins
Victoria Henry | Our own Victoria Henry argues that Canadians deserve better than Bill C-51 -- we deserve our privacy back.
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Toronto during the 2010 G20 Summit
Canada's legacy of anti-terror panic has come home to roost with Bill C-51
Abigail Curlew | It is clear that our national security apparatus equates political opposition to resource extraction and settler-colonial expansion with extremist views that threaten public safety and security.