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Black History Month

| Service Canada | speeches

Message from His Excellency the Right Honourable - David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, on the Occasion of Black History Month...


PM celebrates Tết

| Service Canada | news releases

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today participated in a special event celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, also known as Tết. The celebration, hosted ...


PM delivers remarks in Mississauga

| Service Canada | speeches

You know, as I listened earlier to the introductions…as I listened particularly to that rousing rendition of our national anthem and I listened to the speeches, I reall....


Witness Protection

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

Currently, the criminal justice system provides certain measures to protect "justice system participants". A justice system participant is someone who plays a role in the criminal justice system such as a prosecutor, juror, witness or a judge. The Criminal Code makes it an offence to intimidate a justice system participant, such as threatening a prosecutor with violence in order to prevent them from carrying out their duties. This offence is punishable by a maximum of 14 years imprisonment.


Strengthening Prevention Powers

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

Giving law enforcement agencies the tools they need to do their job and prevent attacks is imperative to ensuring the safety and security of all Canadians against the increasingly complex threat of terrorism.


Seizure of Terrorist Propaganda

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

In order to restrict the ability of terrorist organizations to spread terrorist propaganda in Canada for the purpose of radicalizing individuals and obtaining new recruits, the proposed legislation would create a tool in the Criminal Code to give the courts the authority to order the removal of terrorist propaganda, including from the internet. All seizures would require a judicial order.


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