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"Backgrounder on Bill C-10", p. 2

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.. .FROM PREVIOUS PAGE of a truck or van outside of a reserve. Given the overall tone of the Parliamentary Debate and in Committee hearings where we c~n see repeated attempts to link contraband tobacco with organized crime, drugs and weapons, it is likely that judicial autho- rizations to search (war- rants) that are sought by police will likely be for . search by dynamic entry (i.e. no-knock raids by SWAT-type police forces with access to automatic weapons, flash-bang ex- plosive devices, etc) and allow for nighttime ex- ecution to allow for the element of surprise. It appears from Com- mittee testimony that the police intend to set up more interagency inves- tigations groups and task forces like what is done in Cornwall with RCMP, CBSA, OPP, Ontario Min- istry of Finance, and the Cornwall and Akwesasne Mohawk Police. Further, more vehi- cle stops and checkpoints and interdiction choke points will likely be set up to further restrict movement of contraband tobacco, especially along the 401 Corridor and outside of reserve terri- tories. Given the tone of the Committee hearings, the Bill is likely to be passed unanimously by Parlia- ment. To quite Conser- vative MP Blaine Clak- ins, Wetaskiwin, AB on December 5, 2013, "Now we have Criminal Code provisions that we hope are going to be adopted unanimously by Parlia- ment. I would be inter- ested in_ seeing anybody who would vote against this. The content of this article was put togeth- er from the Legislative Summary of Bill C-10: An Act to amend the Crim- inal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco) and the testimony of witness- es at the Parliamentary Committee hearings. For more information on the Bill itself, please go to http://bit.ly/ldhcKKl. The Anti-Colonial Committee (ACC) is an autonomous working group of the Law Union of Ontario, working around issues relating to resis- tance to Canada's ongo- ing colonialism towards First Nations and Ab- original, Metis and Inuit peoples living on Turtle Island. For more infor- mation, contact antico- lonialcommittee@gmail. com or visit http://anti- colonialcommittee.org/

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