Withdraw anti-terror bill: AFN chief – StarPhoenix

March 30, 2015

‘We could be targeted as terrorists’, Bellegarde says

The proposed changes to federal anti-terrorism laws are a good start, but the head of the Assembly of First Nations worries Native people could still be unjustly targeted.

First Nations people will not hesitate to protest and march when necessary, even though the proposed Bill C-51 could see them branded as terrorists, AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde said.

“We assemble to stand up for our rights. We have a right to march and rally,” Bellegarde said in an interview this weekend. Criticism has come from a host of aboriginal, environmental and legal organizations.

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