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Canadians do not have the right to a lawyer when being interrogated by the police. [more inside]
posted by twirlip on Oct 8, 2010 - 79 comments

The Combating Terrorism Act (C-17) has passed second reading in Canada's House of Commons with the support of both Liberals and Conservatives. The bill would allow terrorism suspects to be jailed without trial for up to 12 months. So far it has been completely ignored by Canada's mainstream media. [more inside]
posted by twirlip on Sep 30, 2010 - 30 comments