Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about the witnesses who appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to oppose Bill C-51.
The Canadian Bar Association criticized the new, almost unlimited powers to disrupt that would be given to CSIS.
The association said:
It is untenable that the infringement of Charter rights is open to debate, in secret proceedings where only the government is represented.
Why is the Conservative government so determined to pass its flawed bill that waters down our fundamental values?