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Criminalizing the Advocacy or Promotion of Terrorism Offences in General

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

Under the current criminal law, it is a crime to counsel or actively encourage others to commit a specific terrorism offence. However, the current law would not necessarily apply to someone who instructs others to "carry out attacks on Canada" because no specific terrorism offence is singled out.


Government of Canada supports Québec City Winter World Masters Games 2015

| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announces that funding was granted to the Québec City Winter World Masters Games 2015 for the marketing of the event outside Quebec.


Passenger Protect Program

| Public Safety Canada | backgrounders

Launched in 2007, the Passenger Protect Program (PPP) is an air passenger security program. The PPP works with air carriers to screen commercial passenger flights to, from and within Canada, and uses measures to mitigate the threat in a proportionate manner if a listed individual attempts to board an aircraft.


Division 9 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

| Public Safety Canada | backgrounders

Division 9 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act allows the Government to use and protect classified information in immigration proceedings to determine whether non-citizens can enter or remain in Canada.


Security of Canada Information Sharing Act

| Public Safety Canada | backgrounders

Access to accurate, timely, and reliable information is essential to the Government's ability to protect Canada's national security. As Canada increasingly faces diverse and complex threats requiring coordinated approaches across Government organizations, it is important to ensure that national security agencies continue to have access to the information needed to counter these threats in order to ensure the safety and security of Canadians.


Baird Welcomes Reinstatement of Sri Lankan Chief Justice

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

"Canada welcomes the reinstatement of Shirani Bandaranayake as Chief Justice of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court. In January 2013, at the time of the Chief Justice's impeachment, I expressed deep concern about the opaque and politicized nature of her impeachment, an action that severely undermined the legitimacy of the rule of law in Sri Lanka."


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