Thursday, March 19, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for March 19, 2015



"The purpose of the act is sharing for national security threats, so it makes me wonder if your organization is a national security threat?

"I see your organization is protesting pipelines, forestry projects, but I didn't hear anything to indicate to me that you were planning to bomb any of Canadian infrastructure or sabotage electrical grids, so I wonder if you consider yourself to be a national security threat and if you understand the definition, that it won't apply to you as long as you don't commit any of these terrorist activities?"

- LaVar Payne, Conservative MP, addressing Joanne Kerr, executive-director of Greenpeace Canada, during committee hearings on Bill C-51. The controversial bill would allow Canadian government agencies more latitude in gathering and sharing information on citizens.

[http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/tories-unrepentant-for-mccarthyesque-attacks-on-security-bill-critics]

Submitted by: Rob Wood
Mar. 17, 2015

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