Four senior federal ministers made a last-minute pitch yesterday to preserve sweeping anti-terrorism legislation brought in following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S.
Led by Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan, they dismissed many concerns expressed in 43 public hearings of a special Senate committee that has been reviewing the Anti-Terrorism Act over the past nine months.
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Ministers reject repeal of anti-terror laws
posted on November 15, 2005 | in Category War on Terror | PermaLink
Original author: James Gordon
Source: The Ottawa Citizen
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Date: November 15, 2005
Terrorism threat 'is real', Senate committee hearing told
