While definitely not exhaustive, my thoughts are summarized here to avoid repeating the same points in different forums. I have raised some basic questions: Why? Where? When? What? Who?
WHY?
Or rather, why now? Despite jumping on the US bandwagon in 2003 to go attack a country (Afghanistan) that hadn't attacked Canada, the country hasn't seen any large-scale "terrorist" incident in the last 10 years? No mass attacks, no plane hijackings, no threats to infrastructure, etc. Canada is not even mentioned in the threats of most terrorist groups. The Harper government seized the excuse of a deranged gunman shooting in the Parliament. But in a country of 30 million, a solitary shooting incident whether it is in the Parliament in Ottawa or in the Eaton Center Mall in Toronto does not become the basis for changing some very serious laws!It appears that Canadian lives have more of a threat from drunk driving and operating cellphones while driving than from terrorism! Current laws have managed to thwart current terrorist threats. And they are getting more and more invasive, with the Supreme Court opening up Canadians' cell phones to police snooping before Bill C-51 was even passed. RED FLAG! http://www.corporatesoothsayer.com/2014/12/supreme-court-opens-canadian-phones-to-police-snooping.html. So why do we need new laws?