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Expounding on C-51 and Access to Information (or lack thereof)

April 1, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

I got to talk to Mount Royal University student Matt Sutton about our efforts to get info about federal anti-terror bill C-51, and what happens when you don’t even know the reasons behind specific redactions.

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Judge orders second psych assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier, defendant in Via terror trial

July 22, 2015August 9, 2015amp Leave a comment

July 22, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Judge Michael Code has requested a second psychiatric assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier after saying he has little faith in an assessment last week that found the Via terror case defendant “actively psychotic,” paranoid, delusional and likely schizophrenic.

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Psychiatrist’s explosive testimony could derail Via terror trial

July 21, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

July 21, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A man accused of conspiring to commit an act of terror may be found unfit to stand trial after being found guilty, calling into question whether he was capable of committing the offense in the first place.

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Halifax plot: So what is ‘terrorism,’ anyway?

February 14, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

Feb. 14, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Justice Minister Peter MacKay surprised many when he said the threat of a foiled attack that would have killed multiple people in Halifax was real, but it didn’t count as terrorism.

It wasn’t “culturally motivated,” he told reporters Saturday morning.

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Could feds’ anti-terror rhetoric hurt counter-terror strategies?

February 5, 2015February 16, 2015amp Leave a comment

Feb. 5, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

People who try to prevent radicalization of youth in Muslim communities say rhetoric around the federal Conservatives’ new anti-terror bill, and the way the Prime Minister presented it, makes their job harder.

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Are you already violating feds’ new anti-terror bill?

January 30, 2015February 1, 2015amp Leave a comment

January 30, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled his government’s new counter-terror bill with dire warnings about the threats facing Canada from radical, freedom-hating groups on the other side of the world.

“A great evil has been descending on our world,” he said in Richmond Hill on Friday.

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