The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 3

FRIDAyMAy21 2010 1THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD PAGE3 CTTYEMTOR: Claude Sdfey POLITICS: Newly formed group will examine pair of bills Kingston senator to lead committee on anti-terrorism EUROPEAN FLAVOUR MICHAEL LEA The Whig-Standard i AL LII MkaIw a 1- UJU AtAl1M anJ 1 ILaA L-! A 1L uiy nail suiiefi ctfuj uiw morning oram uw new TOMing cnairs taows ano umoreoas mai nm jusc noi insuiKQ in in apnngH Martet Square Funded by the dty and tha province tiw bistro sets hi North Amedca't longest-running outdoor public market add th flavour of a European squaw to the downtown an update of what is die state of the terrorist threat In Canada (and) how has that threat changed in the last five years Segal said Segal who once headed the foreign affairs committee believes the around terrorism is changing We now fact a threat that is more diffuse: in other words not somebody in a cave sending Instructions to cells around the world Segal explained rather self-identifying cells of individuals deciding they are frup trated with this that or other and they want to use terrorism as a means of making their point terrorists differ from their predecessors he said 'When you have individuals who (are) more than prepared to die then that of course provides a preventative he said 'So it changes the dynainlc of tiie challenge and makes it more complex aU the more reason to make sure doing it in the best possible way Patty politics wiU be cast aside during die work Segal said aspect of national he said more Important than partisanship phendrothewhigcom PETER HENDRA The Whig-Standard Kingston's representative in the Senate will head a committee that will examine Canada's anti-terrorism laws Senator Hugh Segal was elected chair of the special Senate committee on anti-terrorism last week The two-week-old committee which will exist only until its mandate is fulfilled or ment dissolves will examine bills C-17 and S-7 which are in-tended to deter terrorism BUI C-17 would reinstate and-' terrorism provisions that lapsed in February 2007 due to a It was an act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to investigative Segal said 'whether somebody could be held because there was a suspicion that they had either been involved in a terrorist act or had information about a coming terrorist act and what were their rights in that process and what were the rights of the Crown BUI S-7 would enable victims of terrorism to sue individuals and organizations responsible for terrorist acts and those who support them It would also amend the State Immunity Act by aUowlng a state's immunity to be waived should the government deem it a supporter of ter- roriam The bills have yet to clear the House of Commons or second reading at die Senate In the meantime the commit-- tee wiU do its homework going to be working on CRIME: Beefed-Up Kingston Police unit faces more 'sophisticated' dealers GIVE US PURVIEWS wwBJtmifNgiCON Use Discussion at end of the story that drug arrests and drug crime rates are enforcement based The department could cut its apparent drug crime rate in half he noted if it cut its drug squad in half After Thnner took over the department in late 2008 he boosted the drug squad from two fulltime investigators to five Hill said die work is time consuming snd dangerous So fat this year officers seized nine guns found during drug raids or arrests 7lrippgtheuihigcom Police seized the can no longer his that's Hill said Police Chief Stephen Tanner noted that seized cash and as-! sets are handed over to provincial and federal authorities of the money stays Tfcnner said Some of the cash flows back to law enforcement programs Tanner said the department could easily boost the value of seized assets if it assigned more staff to die administrative Job' We'd be spending Kingston money but most of the money would be going Turner said The chief acknowledged short high not unusual to see people using a thousand dollars a day of Hill said The addiction drives users to commit break-ins and thefts A flat-screen TV can be traded for a few grams of cocaine The drug unit Is making a concerted effort he noted to seize from dealers assets that can be linked to their Illegal activities also trying to be inventive such as seizing a brand new lawnmowef found at a -grow op at a home Officers recently arrested a man who had Just used $17000 cash proceeds of drug sales they allege to buy a new car iRlLEYtSlGARDENlCENTRE HUGE SELECTION of PERENNIALS and ANNUALS for both sun and shade! 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