Police action at Trump anti-inauguration protests set grim tone for press freedom

CJFE — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:35:27 +0000

A snap decision by frontline police officers in Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day led to an altercation between supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and masked protesters. The riots culminated in the breaking of windows and burning of a limousine which became a symbol for resistance to the reactionary agenda of the incoming administration.

Bill C-51 is criminalizing radical youth in return for the illusion of security

CJFE — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:29:38 +0000

Kevin Mohamed's photo turned up in a strange place. One of the only publicly available photographs of the 23-year-old facing terrorism-related charges appeared in the February 2015 edition of Iron Warrior, a magazine published by the University of Waterloo's engineering faculty.

His photo can be seen only a few pages after an article co-authored by two Waterloo engineering students about the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015 (formerly Bill C-51). This is noteworthy because Bill C-51 would subsequently be used to facilitate Mohamed's prosecution.

Kevin Metcalf

Police action at Trump anti-inauguration protests set grim tone for press freedom

Bill C-51 is criminalizing radical youth in return for the illusion of security