Columnists
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
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. |
Blog
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. |
Blog
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. |
Blog
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
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
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. |
Blog
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? |
Blog
Kevin Metcalf
| Students have both the most to lose from Bill C-51 -- and the greatest role to play in defeating it. |
Blog
Abigail Curlew
| National security surveillance in Canada is an absolute mess. Bill C-51 is just the most recent manifestation of its problematic elements. |
Blog
Victoria Henry
| Our own Victoria Henry argues that Canadians deserve better than Bill C-51 -- we deserve our privacy back. |
Blog
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. |