In the face of heavy blowback from opposition parties and civil liberties groups, the #Carney government is expected to table new legislation soon that will tweak its massive “ #StrongBordersAct.” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Carney government expected to ...
Carney government expected to replace controversial border bill

An analysis by the Justice Department concluded the original version of the bill could have affected several rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Toronto Star

#Canada #BillC2 #StrongBordersAct

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges the federal government to withdraw Bill C-2, The Strong Borders Act. Bill C-2 jeopardizes the safety and rights of migrants and refugees, threatens agricultural production, and grants sweeping powers for the government to pry into the private lives of all Canadians.

#migrants #immigrants #ICE #farmworkers

https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/08/canada-the-strong-borders-act-bill-c-2-will-harm-farmers-farm-workers-says-national-farmers-union/

Canada: The 'Strong Borders Act' (Bill C-2) will Harm Farmers, Farm workers, says National Farmers Union

The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges the federal government to withdraw Bill C-2, The Strong Borders Act. Bill C-2 jeopardizes the safety and rights of migrants and refugees, threatens agricultural production, and grants sweeping powers for the government to pry into the private lives of all Canadians.

La Via Campesina - EN

Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. #Surveillance

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald #Trump administration, and possibly to foreign #spy agencies.

Bill C-2, the so-called #StrongBordersAct, is a sprawling #surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust is clear: it’s a roadmap to aligning Canadian surveillance with U.S. demands.
#privacy #Canada #c2

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-surveillance

Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill?

If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill

The Guardian

A lot going on in CBC's 'At Issue' panel this week. Well worth your 20 minutes.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6787527

#Canada #CDNPoli #StrongBordersAct

At Issue | Carney and Trump hold private tariff talks

At Issue this week: Sources tell CBC/Radio-Canada that Carney and Trump have shared private calls and texts about tariffs. Premiers pitch their infrastructure projects to the prime minister. And does a new border security bill go too far?

CBC

'I am equally troubled by the stuff on the refugee side. I thought it was a precept of this country, and of other law-abiding democracies, that we don't deport people without a hearing. I don't care whether you've been here two weeks or a year. You have your right, as a basic human right, to have your day in court, to be heard'

#Canada #CDNPoli #StrongBordersAct

'I am troubled by the notion that we have a new government that believes that it should introduce such measures under the guise of reinforcing the border.'

'This [bill] infringes on privacy rights in a way that no legislation I've seen before (...) and it is not even the point of the bill'

#Canada #CDNPoli #StrongBordersAct

'It is clearly a Trojan Horse legislation, and I find that very troubling'

#Canada #CDNPoli #StrongBordersAct

'Some of the measures in this bill date back to the Vic Toews era under the Stephen Harper government'

#Canada #CDNPoli #StrongBordersAct