WATCH: Former Liberal Defence Minister Jean-Jacques Blais and Paul Cavalluzzo, who was Chief Counsel of the Arar Inquiry, join The West Block with Tom Clark to discuss whether Canada’s police and intelligence agencies need additional powers to stop terrorism. OTTAWA — The Conservative government has introduced a bill giving new powers to Canada’s spy agency. Among the bill’s many provisions, CSIS will now be able to legally conduct operations overseas. These changes were contemplated well before last week’s fatal attacks on two members of the Canadian Forces, but those attacks have raised the possibility of even more laws aimed...
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