Canadian Authorities Seek More Power to Thwart Terror Suspects

Canada’s prime minister says parliament must expand the powers of the country’s spy agency to track terror suspects abroad, and to detain people in the country suspected of plotting attacks -- and he says he'll press for speedy approval. The push by Stephen Harper to give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service more power to do surveillance follows attacks in Ottawa and near Montreal this week that killed two soldiers. On Friday, the opposition leader, Thomas Mulcair, was quoted...

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