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   From: puela@nyet.ca   
      
   Anyone with a mind can predict that Harper is going to be looking for laws that   
   will seriously affect ALL OF US when it comes to privacy, speech, association   
   and free movement in this country.   
   No government can legislate against the thoughts or plans of people who have   
   not committed any crimes.  Not without infringing on major, major freedoms - of   
   all of us.   
      
   It will no longer be necessary for Harper's CSIS or RCMP to wait until a threat   
   is made, or a crime is committed, before arresting someone.  Harper's goon   
   squads will be into our computers, our telephones, our mail and our homes with   
   surveillance equipment.  Our jails will have hundreds, if not thousands, of   
   people detained without warrants, without lawyers, and without avenues to get   
   out.  Our Constitutional rights will be stomped into the dirt beneath Harper's   
   feet.   
      
   Be ready to write your Opposition MPs and leaders when the laws are introduced.   
     With enough of an outcry, Harper may be forced to rein in his fascist forces   
   until after the election.   
   Maybe it would be simpler to just build more hiding closets into every   
   Conservative office and meeting room?   
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   Amran Abocar, Reuters | January 25, 2015   
      
      
   Conservatives will introduce new security legislation aimed at stopping   
   lone-wolf terrorist attacks: Harper   
      
   Canada [more accurately: the Harper government] will introduce new legislation   
   aimed at giving more powers to its police and security agencies in the wake of   
   two attacks by Muslim converts last year, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen   
   Harper said on Sunday.   
      
   Harper, whose ruling Conservatives are trailing in polls heading into a federal   
   election this year, said the new laws will be put before Parliament next   
   Friday.   
      
   Security officials have been on alert since a gunman attacked Canada’s   
   Parliament in October, fatally shooting a soldier at a nearby war memorial.   
   The attack by a so-called “lone wolf” Canadian citizen came two days after   
   another Canadian convert ran down two soldiers in Quebec, killing one.   
      
   “These measures are designed to help authorities stop planned attacks, get   
   threats off our streets, criminalize the promotion of terrorism, and prevent   
   terrorists from travelling and recruiting others,” he said in the prepared   
   text   
   of speech in Ottawa.   
      
   “It will contain a range of measures to ensure that our police and security   
   agencies have the tools they need to meet evolving threats, and keep Canadians   
   safe.”   
      
   Harper said the new legislation, which he did not describe in detail, would not   
   infringe on constitutionally protected rights to free speech, association and   
   religion.   
      
   “But neither will we under-react, because the big picture, my friends, is   
   very   
   worrisome,” he said.  “Jihadi terrorists are destabilizing large parts of   
   the   
   globe.”   
      
   After the Parliament attack, Canada’s Conservative government introduced a   
   bill   
   to enhance the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spy agency.  It   
   said at the time it would also present other legislation designed to allow   
   police to pre-empt threats and crack down on hate speech.   
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