 With yesterday's new federal Conservative cabinet appointments, the Canadian Islamic Congress fears that police-state politics which began under the former Liberal regime will soon emerge in an accelerated and enlarged form.
| Right. Canada. A police state. |
| Do they even have enough police officers to have a police state? |
"The features of an emergent police state in Canada are many," said today's CIC statement. "They include renewal of the anti-terrorism act; the proposed Canadian no-fly list; the existing no-passport list (both giving unprecedented power to civil servants -- not the courts -- to list and de-list Canadians); security certificate detentions; racial profiling; wiretapping and spying on citizens; and a broad range of additional powers given to both the RCMP and CSIS."
| The noive o' dem guyz! Taking minimal steps toward self-preservation! |
All the current and proposed measures listed above have been implemented without court supervision or due process of law, the statement continued, with the result that "civil liberties of Canadians are eroding and a police state is emerging. Our government is using the fears of its citizens to rob them of their charter rights and freedoms. This is absolutely wrong."
| Yasss... Canucklians live in fear of the knock on the door at 4 in the morning, the chill order to "come downtown to answer a few questions, eh?" |
The CIC nevertheless still hopes to soon open up a healthy dialogue with PM Stephen Harper's new cabinet -- especially with the group it calls the "most feared five" -- Stockwell Day (Public Safety), Peter MacKay (Foreign Affairs), Lawrence Cannon (Transport), Vic Toews (Justice) and Monte Solberg (Citizenship and Immigration).
Maybe he's going to turn out OK. Good quality enemies, anyway. Don't forget to wash your hands if you follow the link. |