Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Canadian Security Intelligence Service: The new bill, C-51, is only 62 pages long but contains a variety of increased powers for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service , according to CBC. Despite the strength of the proposed new powers, however, officials at a briefing weren't able to say which measures would have prevented the attacks. Harper would only say the police would have had "more and better" tools had they had these measures. Canada government today introduced its new anti-terror legislation, a sweeping range of measures that would allow suspects to be detained based on less evidence and let actively interfere with suspect travel plans and finances. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other cabinet ministers have repeatedly tied the bill to the fallout of the attacks on two soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and in Ottawa at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill in October. Harper makes his case for new powers to combat terror Terrorism: What other countries have done to combat the threat (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.