Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill in the Post-Snowden Era
- May 2, 2015
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Since my last post titled Canada’s Bill C-51 and The Right To Privacy dated April 16, 2015, the proposed anti-terrorism legislation has been in review by the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence. On April 30, 2015, Professor…
Canada’s Bill C-51 and The Right To Privacy
- April 16, 2015
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In my post titled Privacy and Personal Autonomy dated January 2, 2015, I agreed with Professor Stephen J. Schulhofer in More Essential Than Ever: The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-first Century (2012) that the ability of the individual to flourish…
Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill Is Destined for the Courts
- April 2, 2015
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In my last post titled Informal Coalition Opposes Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill dated March 22, 2015, I reviewed the criticism of the government’s position on Bill C-51 and the attendant decline in public support. I will focus here on two aspects…
Informal Coalition Opposes Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill
- March 22, 2015
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
In my post dated March 16, 2015, titled Canada’s Bill C-51: Therrien v. Harper, I concluded with the CBC News report dated March 12, 2015, by Kady O’Malley that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Daniel Therrien, was blocked by the…
Canada’s Bill C-51: Therrien v. Harper
- March 16, 2015
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On March 5, 2015, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Daniel Therrien, released his office’s Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of the House of Commons. The submission focused on the new Security of Canada Information Sharing…