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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that his government's anti-terrorist legislation would be "expedited" in light of last Wednesday's shooting at Ottawa's War Memorial and inside Parliament, as well as the attack on a soldier last Monday south of Montreal.
Canada's new anti-terrorism legislation gives the country's domestic spy agency the explicit power to carry out its activities around the world.
The Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act, introduced by the public safety minister Monday, also gives legal protection to sources who give or want to give evidence to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said his bill also gives the government the right to "seek earlier implementation of the citizenship revocation provisions" of the immigration law that was passed in June.
Blaney said that in light of new terrorist threats from inside and outside the country, Canada's spy agencies needed to be better able to share intelligence with allies and to track terrorist suspects who leave Canada to fight oversees.
"With this bill...CSIS can now work with our allies to chase information, and in the same time we will also be able to rely on our sources, because we will give confidentiality and privacy," Blaney said.
Blaney added that more legislation is forthcoming; Monday's bill was meant to "clarify" existing laws.
CSIS is not a law enforcement agency; it doesn't make arrests but, rather, gathers intelligence which it passes to other agencies, such as the RCMP, whose officers can detain and arrests suspects.
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Canada's new anti-terrorism legislation gives the country's domestic spy agency the explicit power to carry out its activities around the world.
The Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act, introduced by the public safety minister Monday, also gives legal protection to sources who give or want to give evidence to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said his bill also gives the government the right to "seek earlier implementation of the citizenship revocation provisions" of the immigration law that was passed in June.
Blaney said that in light of new terrorist threats from inside and outside the country, Canada's spy agencies needed to be better able to share intelligence with allies and to track terrorist suspects who leave Canada to fight oversees.
"With this bill...CSIS can now work with our allies to chase information, and in the same time we will also be able to rely on our sources, because we will give confidentiality and privacy," Blaney said.
Blaney added that more legislation is forthcoming; Monday's bill was meant to "clarify" existing laws.
CSIS is not a law enforcement agency; it doesn't make arrests but, rather, gathers intelligence which it passes to other agencies, such as the RCMP, whose officers can detain and arrests suspects.
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