Modernizing national security laws could also clarify threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: LeBlanc

By Cristin Schmitz (March 7, 2024, 1:48 PM EST) -- Ottawa is considering reforming the threshold for invoking the federal Emergencies Act, as part of a broader “more holistic review of national security legislation,” with the Liberal government committed to introducing amendments to “modernize” the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Act, the Security of Information Act, and the Criminal Code “in the coming months,” says Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc....