A broad coalition of civil liberties, data privacy, refugee, migrants rights and gender justice organizations denounced the Canadian government’s introduction of Bill C-12 on Wednesday, asserting that it fails to resolve the human rights and refugee protection issues in the controversial Bill C-2. The organizations are led by Amnesty International.

The organizations are calling for a full withdrawal of both Bill C-2 and Bill C-12, which together form the Strong Borders Act. Bill C12 is meant to build on and fast track several elements of Bill C2, such as expanded border enforcement, crackdowns on illegal fentanyl imports and strengthened financial surveillance. Tim McSorley, national coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) highlighted the issues with

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