Michael Chong and Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Bar Association: As the public mood shifts against the legislation support halved between March and February , with the Canadian Bar Association putting out the latest legal challenge C-51 potentially puts "the entire Charter into jeopardy, undermines the rule of law, and goes against the fundamental role of judges as the protectors of Canada constitutional rights" , and protests, both traditional see image above from a March 14 rally in Ottawa and clothing optional , increasing, the government appears to be spitballing on a desirable endgame, with Michael Chong floating a potential compromise on oversight that will likely appeal to the Liberals, according to Rabble. "while I fully support Bill C-51, I also believe we need greater oversight of Canadian security and intelligence agencies by a parliamentary committee of elected MPs, who are directly and democratically accountable to Canadians. That greater oversight is even more important as we give these agencies new powers to combat terrorism. It is also why the Senate should pass the Reform Act , to ensure that parliamentary committees can carry out their oversight function free of the control of party leaders and the Prime Minister office." The government has stacked the public safety committee schedule this week, hoping to get through all remaining witnesses and approve Bill C-51 before Easter . Meetings resumed Monday night see CBC good summary here and continued Tuesday with morning and evening sessions. On March 17, Chong a Conservative backbencher from Ontario put out a statement supporting the anti-terror legislation with this caveat: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.