UPEI
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      OCTOBER
      31,
      2001
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Matthew
      DORRELL
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Editorial
      5:
      Staying
      Calm
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Since
      the
      September
      11th
      ter-
     
     
      rorist
      attacks
      on
      the
      United
      States
      the
     
     
      message
      from
      government,
      which
      has
     
     
      been
      repeated
      again
      and
      again,
      has
     
     
      been
      to
      stay
      calm
      and,
      as
      much
      as
      pos-
     
     
      sible,
      to
      go
      about
      business
      as
      usual.
     
     
      We
      are
      to
      avoid
      over-reaction
      and
     
     
      panic.
      It
      is
      a
      credit
      to
      Canadians
      that
     
     
      this
      has
      generally
      been
      the
      case,
      par-
     
     
      ticularly
      as
      the
      Canadian
      government
     
     
      has
      been
      busily
      stumbling
      about,
      pro-
     
     
      claiming
      the
      imminent
      collapse
      of
      the
     
     
      sky.
     
    

    
     
      Two
      weeks
      ago,
      Health
     
     
      Canada,
      in
      the
      absence
      of
      a
      single
     
     
      instance
      of
      anthrax
      poisoning
      in
     
     
      Canada,
      and
      without
      any
      evidence
      of
     
     
      future
      attacks,
      ordered
      $1.5
      million
      of
     
     
      the
      drug
      ciprofloxacin,
      a
      drug
      which
     
     
      is
      used
      to
      treat
      exposure
      to
      Anthrax.
      In
     
     
      ordering
      the
      drug
      from
      Apotex,
      a
     
     
      company
      which
      does
      not
      hold
      the
     
     
      patent
      for
      the
      drug
      in
      question,
      the
     
     
      government,
      including
      Alan
      Rock,
     
     
      former
      legal
      counsel
      to
      Apotex
      (“no
     
     
      conflict,”
      quoth
      he),
      broke
      the
      law.
     
     
      The
      government
      quickly
      began
      the
     
     
      usual
      backpedalling,
      claiming
      that
     
     
      they
      simply
      wanted
      the
      drug
      as
      quick-
     
     
      ly
      as
      possible
      and
      re-using
      the
      myste-
     
     
      riously
      unnamed
      and
      errant
      aide
     
     
      excuse
      which
      has
      been
      so
      popular
      in
     
     
      the
      past.
      At
      the
      end
      of
      the
      process,
      the
     
     
      government
      will
      end
      up
      buying
     
     
      ciprofloxacin
      from
      Bayer,
      who
      holds
     
     
      the
      patent,
      but
      will
      end
      up
      paying
     
     
      Apotex
      as
      well.
      One
      wonders
      how
      the
     
     
      government’s
      ham-handed
      rush
      to
     
     
      stockpile
      ciprofloxacin
      fits
      into
      the
     
     
      message
      of
      calm
      being
      preached.
     
    

    
     
      The
      proposed
      Canadian
      anti-
     
     
      terrorist
      legislation
      is
      much
      more
      dis-
     
     
      turbing.
      In_
      addition
      to
      reducing
     
     
      restrictions
      on
      electronic
      surveillance
     
     
      and
      increasing
      sentences
      for
      those
     
     
      involved
      in
      terrorist
      activities,
     
     
      changes
      which
      will
      likely
      meet
      little
     
     
      disapproval,
      the
      anti-terrorist
      bill
      will
     
     
      allow
      police
      the
      power
      to
      arrest
      and
     
     
      detain
      without
      a
      warrant,
      if
      terrorist
     
     
      activity
      is
      suspected.
     
    

    
     
      The
      combination
      of
      suspect
     
     
      logic
      and
      fancy
      footwork
      involved
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      idea,
      invoked
      often
      of
      late,
      that
     
     
      personal
      freedom
      must
      be
      sacrificed
     
     
      in
      order
      to
      preserve
      personal
      freedom,
     
     
      is
      one
      which
      would
      make
      both
      Anselm
      _
     
     
      and
      Astaire
      envious.
      Even
      if
      one
      can
     
     
      make
      the
      logical
      leap
      and
      accept
      that,
     
     
      in
      order
      to
      fight
      for
      democracy
      and
     
     
      freedom,
      our
      democratic
      rights
      and
     
     
      freedoms
      must
      be
      abridged,
      implicit
     
     
      in
      this
      questionable
      equation
      is
      the
     
     
      idea
      that
      once
      the
      fight
      is
      over
      and
     
     
      democracy
      reigns
      triumphant,
      the
     
     
      rights
      removed
      to
      fight
      terrorism
      will
     
     
      be
      restored.
      In
      Canada
      this
      appears
     
     
      not
      be
      the
      case.
     
    

    
     
      The
      equivalent
      American
      anti-
     
     
      terrorist
      bill
      has
      sections
      which
      will
     
     
      expire
      in
      four
      years,
      unless
      extended
     
     
      for
      a
      final
      two
      years
      by
      the
      President.
     
     
      The
      sections
      involving
      increased
     
     
      police
      powers
      are
      being
      given
      a
      time
     
     
      limit
      expressly
      so
      these
      additional
     
     
      powers
      are
      not
      abused
      and
      used
      for
     
     
      reasons
      beyond
      for
      what
      they
      were
     
     
      intended:
      to
      fight
      terrorism.
     
    

    
     
      _
      The
      Canadian
      Bill
      has
      no
      such
     
     
      time
      limitation.
      The
      bill
      is
      slated
      for
     
     
      parliamentary
      review
      in
      three
      years,
     
     
      but
      this
      is
      merely
      a
      review,
      any
      rec-
     
     
      ommendations
      or
      findings
      are
      not
     
     
      binding.
      The
      introduction
      of
      the
      abili-
     
     
      ty
      to
      arrest
      and
      detain
      without
      evi-
     
     
      dence,
      no
      matter
      the
      intent,
      is
      an
     
     
      extremely
      dangerous
      precedent.
      While
     
     
      the
      current
      and
      most
      popular
      enemy
      of
     
     
      the
      people
      is
      terrorism,
      there
      will
     
     
      obviously
      be
      other
      threats
      to
      democra-
     
     
      cy
      and
      security
      in
      the
      future.
      With
      the
     
     
      power
      of
      arrest
      without
      warrant
     
     
      already
      on
      the
      books
      in
      the
      case
      of
      ter-
     
     
      rorism,
      it
      becomes
      that
      much
      easier
      to
     
     
      further
      limit
      democratic
      freedoms
      of
     
     
      individuals
      suspected
      of
      other
      crimi-
     
     
      nal
      activity
      (drug
      offences,
      organized
     
     
      crime
      in
      general).
      This
      has
      very
      seri-
     
     
      ous
      implications
      for
      the
      assumption
      of
     
     
      innocence
      upon
      which
      the
      legal
      sys-
     
     
      tem
      based.
      Unlike
      Americans
      who,
     
     
      though
      subject
      to
      equally
      ugly
      turns
      of
     
     
      law,
      will-have
      the
      new
      restrictions
      on
     
     
      their
      rights
      removed,
      Canadians
      will
     
     
      be
      stuck
      with
      a
      loss
      of
      rights
      and
      free-
     
     
      doms
      which
      may
      well
      be
      permanent.