Bill C-51

The government’s proposed anti-terror laws continue to be at the centre of heated controversy. Why?

The Conservatives say that the terrorist threat is so dire, the only way to fight it is by giving more powers to the national security agencies — allowing CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, to hold suspicious people in detention for up to seven days without charge and stopping potential criminals from getting on an airplane, for example.

This animation, created by Leo Kavanagh and Andrew Miller, explains the most controversial parts of the government’s anti-terror bill.