September 11: Consequences for
Canada
by Kent Roach (McGill-Queen’s University Press) is the
first book-length examination of the after effects of September 11 on Canadians.
In
September 11, Kent Roach, professor of law at the
University
of
Toronto
, provides a critical examination of the consequences of September 11 for law,
democracy, sovereignty, and security. He assesses a broad range of
anti-terrorism measures including the Anti-terrorism Act, the smart border
agreement, Canadian participation in the war in
Afghanistan
, changes to refugee policy, the 2001 Security Budget, and the proposed Public
Safety Act. Roach evaluates both the opposition of many civil society groups to
the Anti-terrorism Act and the government’s defense of the law as necessary to
prevent terrorism and consistent with human rights. He warns that exceptions to
legal principles made to fight terrorism may spread to attempts to combat other
crimes and suggests that Canadian law may not provide adequate protection
against invasions of privacy or discriminatory profiling of people as potential
terrorists.
With reference to controversial comments about September 11
made by Prime Minister Chretien and others and the debate about
“anti-Americanism,” Roach examines whether September 11 has chilled Canadian
democracy. He also examines the challenge September 11 presents for Canadian
sovereignty on key components of foreign, military, and immigration policy and
the possibility that Canadian Forces participated in violations of international
law in
Afghanistan
. With specific reference to the threat of nuclear and biological terrorism and
aviation safety, Roach argues that more emphasis on administrative and
technological measures and less emphasis on criminal sanctions and military
force may better protect Canadians from both terrorism and other threats to
their security.
A
fresh and readable analysis of the remarkable Canadian Government and public
reactions to the events of September 11. Roach puts the events and
Canada
’s reaction to them in perspective and
many of his suggestions on how to increase security are excellent. – John
Higginhotham, Canadian Centre for Management Development
September 11 provides American readers an independent perspective on the
affects of September 11 on citizens’ rights and freedoms as well as on security
issues.
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