Federal liberals are ready to introduce a new bill that is expected to reflect much of what is already in their border legislation already presented, but with some clauses that caused concerns of opposition parties and the groups of civil freedoms eliminated.
The new bill, which is expected to be presented this week, responds to the criticism that the Strong Border Law, Bill C-2, exceeds its established objectives and violates the freedoms of Canadians, the sources tell CBC News.
Four sources said that the Government is ready to introduce a second bill, paving the way for border security measures proposed by the Government to pass through Parliament, without the controversial clauses that allowed Canada Post to open the mail and the application of the law to access some digital data.
CBC News does not name the sources that have knowledge of the plan because they were not authorized to talk about it.
Bill C-2 was introduced in June and includes extended powers for the application of the law and government, with provisions to take energetic measures against money laundering, put strict limits to refugee claims and allow agencies to share information more easily.
The sponsor of the bill, the Minister of Public Security, Gary Anandasangaree, told journalists in spring that the proposed legislation was partly an answer to the complaints of the United States that the Canadian border is too porous.
The justification for the first round of tariffs of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, was that the border application was too lax, which caused a $ 1.3 billion border repressions of Canadian officials.
But, once presented, experts in privacy and civil liberties observed the proposed legislation, which has more than 100 pages, includes a series of measures that have long requested the law enforcement agencies, but do not seem directly linked to border security.
All opposition parties expressed concern about the possible overreach. Both the NDP and the conservatives said they would not support the bill in its current form, which caused questions about how C-2 could happen in a minority parliament.
This represents another setback for Anandasangaree, who is already dealing with the calls for his resignation about his comments Apparently questioning the weapons repurchase of the liberal government.
The new bill will appear in the Notification paper “Imminently”, preparing the stage to be presented in the House of the Commons at the end of this week, said a source.
