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Terror No-Go Zones an Election-Friendly Scrap
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- August 16, 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, August 14, 2015 The campaign trail declaration by the Stephen Harper Conservatives to set up a regime of designated no-go terrorist activity zones is a left-over from the omnibus anti-terrorism legislation that the government introduced and passed earlier in 2015. The proposal for yet another tweak to Canada’s anti-terrorism legislation
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Unlike Canadian Expats Living Abroad, Non-Citizen Residents Are Directly Impacted by our Laws, Yet Have No Say in Them
- Analysis
- August 13, 2015
Published in the National Post, July 31, 2015 Donald Sutherland is upset. He wants to vote in Canadian elections because he feels Canadian, because he has to restrain himself from saying “eh?” and because he’s a citizen. But he’s a non-resident citizen, and the Ontario Superior Court has just upheld a federal election law restricting
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What Does Mullah Omar’s Death Mean for Afghan Peace Talks?
- Analysis
- August 12, 2015
While the Taliban insurgency rages in Afghanistan, the acknowledgement of Mullah Omar’s death has sparked debates on the impact of this event on the future of the peace talks and the Taliban war. The enigmatic Taliban leader Mullah Omar remains as elusive in life as in death. His death is now confirmed and accepted in
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(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 away the hyperbole and the more mischievous comments I have seen tweeted about (“no more
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