Bill C-51 — discuss

C-51
What is it? What does it mean? What will it actually do? How will it affect our everyday lives?

Here’s Rick Mercer’s take:

To tell you the truth, most people I’ve asked have no idea what C-51 is. In fact, unless you say ‘anti-terror’ or ‘the thing like the Patriot Act’…nobody seems to know what the REAL deal is.

Here are some links:
Bill C-51
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner speaking on C-51
CBC article on Tories’ response to criticism of C-51 (as of yesterday)

Quoting Kady O’Malley at CBC here: (Full article HERE)
“The proposed legislation would give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service more power to thwart suspected terrorist plots — not just gather information about them. It would also allow CSIS to violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with a judge’s permission, expand the sharing of federal security information, broaden no-fly-list powers and create a new criminal offence of encouraging someone to carry out a terrorist attack.
The bill would also make it easier for the RCMP to obtain a peace bond to restrict the movements of suspects and extend the amount of time they can be kept in preventative detention.”

I’m all for avoiding terror attacks, but I’m also big-time into preventing childhood obesity, supporting health-care, and actually educating our youth (aka, paying our teachers).

So, what should our tax money be spent on?
I looked…and yet I couldn’t find anything about an actual proposed budget for implementing Bill C-51.  I mean, how would we be paying for all of this ‘security’?

From Daniel Therrien at the Globe and Mail: (Full Article HERE)
“The legislation would allow for Canadians’ personal information to be shared if it is deemed “relevant” to the detection of new security threats. That’s an extremely broad standard that suggests the bar has been set far too low.
In this way, the bill would provide 17 federal government agencies with almost limitless powers to monitor and profile ordinary Canadians, with a view to identifying security threats among them. The end result is that national security agencies would potentially be aware of all interactions all Canadians have with their government. That would include, for example, a person’s tax information and details about a person’s business and vacation travel.”

I’d rather not be afraid of protesting or travelling (or, heaven forbid, actually wanting to do BOTH in my lifetime).

Post comments, thoughts, and interesting articles to comments.
(Clyde, Lars, JB… I’m looking at you.)

~Squad

Warm Up:

Coach’s Choice

Skill/Str Element:

A1. 3-5 Wall Walks w/pause at top, if thighs or belly touches the wall it is considered a no rep (Sub inch worm keeping the knees straight and feet stationary). 3 sets

A2. 3-5 Strict Weighted Pullups or 15 sec Hold w/chin over bar. 3 sets

Workout:

5min AMRAP

8 Cal Row + 12 Dball Slam (20/10lbs)

2min Rest

5min AMRAP

8 WallBall (20/12lbs) + 12 Vsnaps

2 min Rest

5min AMRAP

8 KBS (55/35lbs)+ 12 Box Jump – Step Downs (24/20″)

Total Reps for leaderboard.

In the event of a large class, start athletes at different stations.

Optional Finisher:

100 Bus Drivers in as few sets as possible