- OTTAWA - Police groups from
across Canada assured a Senate committee that new investigative powers
in proposed anti-terrorism legislation will not be abused.
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- Organizers representing police chiefs and rank-and-file
officers spoke Tuesday with senators studying Bill C-36.
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- Two elements of the proposed legislation have received
much criticism from legal and social activists: the power to detain suspected
terrorists for up to three days; and the ability to compel people to assist
with investigations. The critics have called for a five-year sunset clause
on these measures.
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- But the police representatives say those powers will
rarely be used.
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- David Griffin, with the association that represents Canada's
40,000 rank-and-file officers, believes a sunset clause is unnecessary.
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- He says those powers are already limited to exceptional
cases when a specific suspect could be linked to a specific threat. "We
don't see this as supporting some of the hysteria that's developed in the
public debate over this bill."
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- Ottawa's police chief echoes Griffin, saying the powers
will rarely be used.
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- "The provisions of this act are not going to come
into play typically for the officers on the front line. They will be implemented
by officers specially trained for this purpose," said Chief Vince
Bevan.
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- Bevan says Justice Minister Anne McLellan should not
make any more amendments to the bill.
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- And McLellan seems to agree, hinting to senators that
the early round of amendments will be the final ones. "This is permanent
criminal law to deal with a fight that is going to be a long one and one
that is not going to go away."
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- Written by CBC News Online staff http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/12/05/police_bill011205
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- Comment
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- From Frances
12-5-1
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- Yeah right! They constantly abuse the powers they already
had, so why would this be any different?
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- Comment
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- From Sheryl Jackson
moonfyre1@msn.com
12-6-1
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- We have a corrupt police state now. And what about all
of the people who were sent to prison because of false police reports and
witnessing from paid "authorities". Anyone who believes the promises
of the NewWorldOrderNazis not to misuse or abuse their new found powers
is living in a bubble that will soon burst.
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- Remember the Draconian Drug Laws of the '80's and how
the police were trying to bust drug dealers with loss of money and property?
Police breaking into the wrong homes and killing the neighbors who are
the wrong target. Children held at gunpoint after being awakened by armed
Swat Members. The police were motivated by greed. Now they will be motivated
by the power of being able to be mean and being paid to be vigilantes.
Oppression, repression, suppression and great heartache will follow.
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- Leave us not forget that 25% of all prisoners murdered
by the state were found to be not guilty posthumously since l900. Many
of them convicted or forced to confess by out of control police officers.
This created terror and obedience from the people. Internal terrorism is
the NewWorldOrders' philosophy.
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- And our great leader ("If there is going to be a
dictator, I am glad it is me.") who is a homicidal maniac. He sanctioned
and forced the murder of 1100 prisoners during his Reign of Terror as Governor
of the state of Texas. Even his wife killed one of her best friends while
joyriding at 17. That is what is in the WhiteHouse now. (People Magazine,
September of 2000.) Absolute power corrupts...absolutely.
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