Anti-Terrorism Act (Canada)

*Anti-terrorism Act*
Anti-terrorism Act
Parliament of Canada
	Long title An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts ;
Citation	S.C. 2001, c. 41
Enacted by	Parliament of Canada
Assented to	December 18, 2001

The Anti-terrorism Act (French: Loi antiterroriste) is an Act passed by the Parliament of Canada in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. It received Royal Assent on December 18, 2001, as Bill C-36. The "omnibus bill" extended the powers of government and institutions within the Canadian security establishment to respond to the threat of terrorism.

The expanded powers were highly controversial due to widely perceived incompatibility with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular for the Act's provisions allowing for 'secret' trials, preemptive detention and expansive security and surveillance powers.

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