#stopbillc51

Last night, the Commons national security committee conducted its lengthy clause-by-clause review ...

(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich – Gulf Islands), issued the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of Bill C-51 today: “As I have said from the beginning, Bill C-51 will not make Canadians safer. Instead, it will confuse and confound law enforcement in the investigation of actual threats. This was also an opportunity for Senators to show their independence from the Prime Minister - they failed miserably. “It is further deplorable that Stephen Harper rushed the bill through Parliament, using the politics of fear to ignore the legitimate criticisms of four former Prime Ministers, six former Supreme Court Justices, over 100 Canadian legal scholars, the AFN, and even from the National Firearms Association. He is trying to divide Canadians and silence opposition against his reckless economic policies.

(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich – Gulf Islands), issued the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of Bill C-51 today: “As I have said from the beginning, Bill C-51 will not make Canadians safer. Instead, it will confuse and confound law enforcement in the investigation of actual threats. This was also an opportunity for Senators to show their independence from the Prime Minister - they failed miserably. “It is further deplorable that Stephen Harper rushed the bill through Parliament, using the politics of fear to ignore the legitimate criticisms of four former Prime Ministers, six former Supreme Court Justices, over 100 Canadian legal scholars, the AFN, and even from the National Firearms Association. He is trying to divide Canadians and silence opposition against his reckless economic policies.