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Air Travel Act and Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Canadian Security Intelligence Service: Bill C-51: the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act was tabled Friday, according to CTV. Under the new laws, anyone who posts a video or blog on the Internet urging others to commit a terrorist act will risk arrest, said Justice Minister Peter MacKay and Anyone who urges others to commit a terror act could face up to five years in prison, under new legislation introduced by the federal government as a response to growing terror concerns here in Canada. The Act amends the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and other bills in an attempt to crack down on homegrown extremists in the wake of attacks last fall in Ottawa and Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.