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The Bills (Laws)That Changed Canada. Who Voted for Them? Potential Impacts?
Educate Yourself Before the Next Election onOctober 19, 2015
Bill C-51 – Anti Terrorism (2015)
Disastrous Privacy Consequences Privacy Watch Dog Blocked by CPC
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Civil Liberties Negative
Privacy Negative
Canadian Charter Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
Canadian Charter Destruction
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Senators Snowed by Anti C-51 Messages - Set a Record www.openmedia.ca
Bill C-24 – Citizenship (2015)
CPC LIB NDP Green
YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Citizenship Negative
Freedom to Protest Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
SFU Education Only 1 Kind of Canadian What You Need to Know
“Rocco Galati, a Toronto-based constitutional lawyer, told CTVNews.ca that a court challenge of Bill C-24 is in the works. He expects it to proceed in the late fall or early winter. “– June 2015. He is also challenging C-51.
Bill C-23 – Elections - 2014
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES NO NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Democracy - Voting Negative
Money In Politics Negative
Crack Down on Fraud Negative
Cuts Election Budgets NDP Petition Outlines Issues
• “Bill C-23 prevent many thousands of Canadians from voting
• Bill C-23 muzzles Elections Canada, prohibiting the institution from speaking publicly about democracy .
• Bill C-23 fails to grant Elections Canada's requests for key investigative powers it needs to crack down on electoral fraud such as the "robocall" fraud during the 2011 election
Bill C-23 creates new ways for "money politics" to skew elections, by raising donation and campaign spending limits as well as creating a huge loophole that allows virtually unlimited campaign spending for purposes of contacting previous donors by phone”
Democracy Watch
C-44 Terrorism Law (2014)
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO YES NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Privacy Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
Due Process Negative
Citizen Travel Privacy Negative
Changing Canada
“Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has concerns with Bill C-44. He said it could lead Canadian information to be used by other governments in cases that involve torture, for instance. “
Pushing Limits of Rights
“Bill C 44 is a systematic attempt by the ‑government to circumvent the limits Canadian courts have placed on its investigative and surveillance powers, through legislative amendments. It expands the powers of CSIS to allow for surveillance activities in Canada and abroad, consequentially allowing CSEC to intercept, or allow other foreign agencies to intercept, telecommunications of Canadian citizens when travelling abroad. “
Sweeping Powers
C-13 and S-4 Terrorism Laws(2015)
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +Privacy NegativeLegal Oversight NegativeDue Process Negative
Bill C-13 The bill contains broad new police powers, including several new warrants for surveillance, tracking and gathering of bank information that critics have said will, in some cases, require little evidence to get.
Changing Canada
Bill C-13 explicitly gives immunity from lawsuits or even criminal code charges to companies who would volunteer information to the government, while Bill S-4 would give companies the power to voluntarily share information with each other.
Telecom Immunity
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES NO NO - NO
S-4
C-13
Proportional Representation Bill(Failed)
What is Proportional Representation?
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green Independent
No Y/N* YES YES YES YES
Vote No. 29141st Parliament, 2nd Session
Sitting No. 154 - Wednesday, December 03, 2014
*Justin Trudeau Votes No
Trailing in the polls behind NDP and the CON’s…
“If Liberals take power after the Oct. 19 vote, Trudeau vowed it would be the last federal election held under the first-past-the-post electoral system.” June 16, 2015 www.fairvote.ca
C-224 Climate Change Accountability Act- (2013)Private Members Bill (Often don’t become Law)
• The purpose of this enactment is to ensure that Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing to a long-term target to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions to a level that is 80% below the 1990 level by the year 2050, and by establishing interim targets for the period 2015 to 2045. It creates an obligation on the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to review proposed measures to meet the targets and submit a report to Parliament. It also sets out the duties of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
• Sponsor: Megan Leslie
Conservatives shut down debate for the 100th time
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• Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have once again lowered the bar on accountability. They have stifled democracy by shutting down debate for a record 100th time – all to evade the scrutiny of Canadians and the opposition.
• The Harper Conservatives have shut down democratic debate more than any other government in Canadian history. Conservatives have denied Parliament the right to fully debate nearly 60 pieces of legislation, containing over 11,000 pages. Amongst these thousands of pages are hastily passed laws that have been rejected by the courts, only to be brought back to Parliament and rammed through the House once again.
NDP.ca Huffington Post Green Party
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ourt of Canada
• The list goes on and on an on…Visit https://openparliament.ca/ for more information on bills that became law or failed. There are many more, I’ve highlighted those I thought have the most impact on our country. Personal Opinion. Still free to express that….then again?
