10 things about the Liberal government’s security bill, now before committee
OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s national security legislation, introduced in June, is being studied by the House of Commons public safety committee. The wide-ranging package would:
— Limit, but not scrap, a measure from the Harper Conservatives allowing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to disrupt terror plots, not just gather information about them.
— Amend other contentious provisions of existing legislation that deal with information-sharing, terrorist propaganda and promotion of terrorism.
— Roll the functions of existing watchdogs into a super-agency known as the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.