Mr. Chair, similarly, amendment 35 looks at when the peace officer needs to believe, on reasonable grounds, that the detention of a person is necessary to prevent the carrying out of a terrorist activity that involves serious or imminent threat to the life or health of another person. It's an attempt to deal with the many critics who see this bill as going far too far in a free and democratic society.
I saw that Roxanne didn't like the reference to the BC Civil Liberties Association, so I'll quote someone from the Conservative ranks: Conrad Black. I think he is really quite extreme in saying that if we don't act, Bill C-51 will leave us waking up in “unrecognizable despotism”.