Tuesday October 28, 2014 – 1pm

1:00- Conservatives tabled legislation to significantly strengthen the powers of CSIS.
Conservatives tabled legislation to significantly strengthen the powers of CSIS. This includes explicitly authorizing it to plug into the US National Security Agency-led Five Eyes global electronic eavesdropping, via the NSA’s Canadian counterpart, the Communications Security Establishment Canada, and to exchange intelligence with the other security-intelligence agencies of the “Five Eye” member states-the US, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In introducing Bill C-44, the so-called “Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act,” Public Security Minister Steven Blaney made clear that it was only a first step and that the government would soon be announcing further legislation to boost the powers of Canada’s spy and police agencies in the wake of attacks in Ottawa and St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec last week that left two soldiers dead. Implying that the vast surveillance and coercive powers already at the state’s disposal are woefully inadequate, Blaney told MPs, “We will not overreact. But it is also time that we stop under-reacting to the great threats against us.” Bill C-44 will amend the “CSIS Act” to give CSIS additional information gathering and monitoring capabilities and further insulate its activities and claims from public scrutiny.

1:30- Maple Leafs make line changes ahead of game tonight
A losing record and a frustrating Saturday night appears to have resulted in a shakeup of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ top six. Friends and roommates Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel were split up at practice Monday, and winger David Clarkson was promoted to the team’s top six for rushes. Clarkson, who had been skating on Toronto’s third line, played with centre Bozak and winger James van Riemsdyk Monday at the Leafs’ practice facility, while sniper Kessel joined Joffrey Lupul on the line centred by Nazem Kadri. “I’ve played with them in the past, so hopefully we can generate some chemistry,” Kadri told reporters. “It’s a clean slate. It kinda refreshes the group a little bit, seeing if different combinations work.” Mike Santorelli centred Leo Komarov and Daniel Winnik on the club’s third line. “Frustration, anger. Those were the two things that were probably front and centre from the coaching staff’s perspective,” head coach Randy Carlyle told reporters after Saturday’s 4-1 home loss to the Boston Bruins. “For the first 30 minutes, we didn’t move our feet, didn’t execute at a level we were capable of.” After the Leafs’ fourth home loss Saturday, Kadri told reporters that the team needed to care more. The regular top line of Kessel, Bozak and van Riemsdyk leads the team’s offence handily with a combined 21 points. Kadri has just two points and Lupul three, the same tally as Clarkson. Toronto (3-4-1) sits in seventh place in the Atlantic Division. The Leafs host the Atlantic’s eighth-place team, Buffalo, Tuesday at Air Canada Centre.

 

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