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Access to Information Act and Apparent Increase

apparent increase: A growing geographic reach and an apparent increase in protests that target infrastructure such as rail lines are also boosting the impact of demonstrations, says the Government Operations Centre analysis, obtained under the Access to Information Act, according to CTV. The meetings were driven by the federal government desire to plan for protests that might happen in response to resource development decisions on projects such as the Northern Gateway pipeline and - Use of social media, the spread of "citizen journalism," and the involvement of young people are among the key trends highlighted by a federal analysis of protest activity in Canada over the last half-decade. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service included the spring 2014 risk forecast in materials prepared for two meetings of the deputy minister committee on resources and energy last April. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.