Anti-terrorism bill really about suppressing aboriginals, critics say – Macleans
March 24, 2015
Prominent aboriginal lawyer and activist says Bill C-51 would hand extremists what they want by shackling civil liberties
OTTAWA – The federal government’s omnibus security bill would hand extremists what they want by shackling civil liberties, a prominent aboriginal lawyer and activist says.
There is no way to fix the legislation, which “makes us all suspects,” said Pamela Palmater, chair in indigenous governance at Toronto’s Ryerson University.
“The terrorists will have won,” Palmater said during a meeting of the House of Commons public safety committee, which is hearing more than 50 witnesses on the bill.
