It would allow police to open and inspect mail from Canada Post, restrict cash transfers over $10,000, bolster surveillance, and expand what law enforcement can do…without a warrant.

But it will also overhaul our asylum-seeking process. And with the riots below the border, we can’t but ask: are we going down the same path?

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Adam Sadinsky

Background reading:

• Experts warn of Bill C-2 as ’anti-refugee’ and ’anti-immigrant’ giving Canada ’unchecked powers’ like the U.S. – Radio Canada
• Opinion | Border bill primed to give Mark Carney’s government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this? – Toronto Star
• Montrealers protest against border security Bill C-2 – CTV
• Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the Canada-U.S. border – The Conversation 
• Ontario’s Bill 5 has passed. Here’s why it has sparked conflict with First Nations – The Canadian Press

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