Canadian respondents to a recent Forum Research poll are almost evenly split on support for Bill C-51, and amending it or leaving it alone are preferred to repealing it, according to survey.
Outgoing NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the NDP will put the government's "feet to the fire" to change the previous Conservative government's anti terrorism law, Bill C-51. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
The NDP intends to put the government’s “feet to the fire” over promise to amend a controversial anti-terrorism law passed by the previous government, despite polling indications that the public is fairly divided in its support for the law.
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