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Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama: The three-day Countering Violent Extremism conference will include academics, executives from social-media organizations including Google, law-enforcement officials from five dozen countries, the United Nations secretary-general and a pair of interventions by the host, U.S. President Barack Obama, according to Metro News. A statement from Blaney office indicated Tuesday that he plans to discuss bill C-51 just-introduced legislation which includes a provision for a maximum five-year prison sentence for advocating a terrorist attack and The Canadian government plans to promote its new anti-terrorism legislation this week at an international summit organized by the White House. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney will represent Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.