[Newsbot]

Title: ‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say
Category: Environmental
Posted By: Zipperfish
Date: 2015-02-18 09:11:53
Canadian

[Zipperfish]

Ah, Bill C-51 makes sense now.

[andyt]

Thank God the government is protecting us. Wait until ISIS infiltrates the environmental movement. Then we'll be glad for this bill.

[DrCaleb]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

Ah, Bill C-51 makes sense now.

We can't have anyone using their unapproved constitutional rights now, can we!

[Jabberwalker]

The Globe and Mail is losing their grip.

[BartSimpson]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

Ah, Bill C-51 makes sense now.

No, it is an act of prior restraint. It is also a defacto statement that all non-governmental activity is suspect until and unless open to government monitoring.

You can also draw the conclusion that any group that takes measures to protect itself from covert government monitoring (like an opposition political party should) will be immediately suspect and may well stand accused of terrorist activity in order to justify brute force acts of search and seizure.

I'm all for monitoring people when there's good cause to do so, but this article makes C-51 look like a low-calorie version of the US Patriot Act - and you folks DO NOT want that!

[Xort]

I don't care for C-51. Saying that environmentalists groups may contain violent elements is like saying the Ayran Nation may hold negative views of Jews.

What tipped you off, 40+ years of criminal actions and violence?

[Zipperfish]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

The Globe and Mail is losing their grip.

Shoot the Messenger!

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Nothing to see here. Just a bunch of drug addicted, mentally ill lone wolves.