Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Canada is not as compassionate and non-discriminatory as many might assume at first glance. Hidden from plain view, there are violations of human rights that are happening and have happened in Canada. Beyond the mask of innocence and purity that the Canadian government has donned, there exists a slew of examples of discrimination, leading to the infringement of the rights of many people, rights…

PRISM is a massive surveillance program established by the United States National Security Agency in 2007 with the goal of obtaining and analyzing information on criminal activity. In 2013, the whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the extent of the National Security Agency’s operations were much larger than previously realized (BBC News). It is now known that the National Security Agency has obtained information from the servers of major internet companies (e.g. Google, Facebook, Microsoft…

Homeland security is a large task that many have chosen to either give their lives accomplishing or spending a large portion of their career performing their duties to ensure the security of our borders. Before we can engage the target, we must obtain the information necessary to be accurate on our attack. Without the necessary information we will be attacking a barn full of horses and goats. That is misuse of assets and time that could have been utilized neutralizing the threat if the proper…

Many believe that the Anti Terrorism Act is in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As stated in the charter that the guarantees are not absolute. The limits posed by Parliament on our basic rights and freedoms are reasonable but does not have a broad description of what this consists of. The fact is that these must be "demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.” This is a common issue found in the Constitution of Canada of who’s to determine what is reasonable…

Summary: On Thursday, June 18, 2015 the conservative government of Canada received royal assent for a new piece of anti-terror legislation which will give expanded, controversial, and sweeping powers to Canada’s spy agency; the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIC). Because of the very radical changes C-51 proposes to the current terror prevention structure in Canada, many have simultaneously criticized and praised it. With opponents stipulating that because of the bill’s vague…

Bill C-51: A Dilemma Between Freedom and National Security. The recent and numerous terrorist attacks happening in Western countries push government to take several actions to counter terrorism. Such a situation is reflected in the ongoing debate about the Bill C-51, the Canadian Anti-Terror Law as a mean to protect the Canadian citizens. The Bill implies a certain degree of surveillance of the population and information sharing among the different sectors of the Government. The controversy of…

This paper will argue; Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the recently elected Prime minister of the country, has conveyed the important need to amending Bill C-51 as he and many Canadians believe that it is contradictory to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The emphasis on the bill has been due to various reasons but among the main reasons, the Liberal party believes that there is disparity with the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Most importantly it is the…

theatre. Similarly, more recently, 06/21/2016 to be exact, a woman was charged after approaching a muslim woman and her four month old son; and proceeding to yell, spit at, punch her, and attempt to pull off her hijab. This is an ongoing issue, that Canadians are still suffering from, and it affects all aspects of a minorities life; for example, a First Nations person is generally thought to be lazy and dependant on the government, and a majority of aboriginals are hard working. This prejudice…

fly into Canadian soil are no longer permitted to do so according to a new policy, which now requires these countries (except the United States of America) to apply for an electronic travel authorization or eTA. The electronic travel authorization system, which Canada has adopted just like the United States, will help to prevent, control and monitor the visa-exempt foreign nationals that enter the country by air for the purposes of visits and lay-overs to other countries. After the security…

of the people through political and economic systems by its emphasis on the will of the people. Liberalism provides society with security, freedoms and economic safety, such as Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act of 2015, the United Nations’ Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People or the United States’ Marshall Plan. One of the essential aspects of liberalism is the security that comes with it. In Canada we have the Passenger Protect list from 2007 and the Anti-terrorism Act…