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Illegal but Legitimate? The Consequences of US Action in Syria
- Analysis
- April 7, 2017
The United States has fired missiles at the Syrian military. This is a dramatic escalation in the horrific Syrian conflict. It is also the most legally doubtful use of military force by a NATO state in recent history.
To be …
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How Ottawa Fails to Meet the Security Challenge
- Analysis
- October 13, 2015
…READ MOREBy Kent Roach and Craig Forcese
In responding to last year’s terrorist attacks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised his government would not over-react, but also would not under-react, to the ISIS terrorist threat. Unfortunately his government proceeded to do
(Almost) A Good Idea: Banning Travel to Designated Conflict Zones
- Analysis
- August 11, 2015
Excerpted from the original version published on the National Security Law blog, August 10, 2015
On the election trail yesterday, Stephen Harper proposed a criminal law ban on travel to designated zones he described as “ground zero” for terrorism.
Paring …
READ MOREWhy Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?
- Analysis
- June 11, 2015
By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach
Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015
Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who …
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Is This the CSIS We Really Want? The Canadian Intelligence and Black Ops Service
- Analysis
- February 1, 2015
Published on the National Security Law Blog, January 31, 2015
The new antiterrorism bill will change everything. Among other things, in its sweeping changes to CSIS’s powers, it is not tinkering at the margins. It rejects insight from experience, …
READ MORELimiting Foreign Fighting by Canadians: Stop-Gap Legal Measures
- Analysis
- December 6, 2014
Published on the National Security Law blog, December 4, 2014
I have opined here and here about the troubles associated with foreign fighting. I do not limit my concerns about these troubles to fighting with a listed terrorist group. I …
READ MOREBreaking: New Snowden Document Shows Something But We Don’t Know Exactly What
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- November 28, 2013
The headline above is the one that I think probably best captures the content of the NSA document at the heart of the recent Toronto G20/G8 spying story. This appears to be the first in the additional trove of documents …
READ MOREThe Politics of Anti-Terrorism
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- April 24, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, April 24, 2013
Terrorism is back on the front page of Canada’s newspapers. And all over the back pages, and in the commentary and editorial pages. Sadly, some of that attention must now …
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Fewer Eyes on the Spies: Going Backwards on Accountability
- Analysis
- May 8, 2012
By now it has been widely reported that the Tory government will be abolishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. This astonishing development appeared suddenly from the ether, buried in the government’s now notorious …
READ MOREArmies without Borders? Legal Questions on Canada-U.S. Military Cooperation
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- January 25, 2012
The Ottawa Citizen reported today that Canada and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a “new Canada-U.S. military agreement that will set down each country’s roles and responsibilities should North America be attacked”. The details are …
READ MOREThe UN Security Council and Abdelrazik
- Analysis
- November 8, 2011
Canadian Abousfian Abdelrazik is on the U.S. Security Council’s Al Qaida sanctions committee list. His assets are frozen and he is subject to an international travel ban. His case generated substantial notoriety when the Canadian government resisted his repatriation from …
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