{"id":45476,"date":"2015-03-24T23:23:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45476"},"modified":"2015-03-25T00:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T16:48:24","slug":"woman-protesting-bill-c-51-expelled-from-the-commons-for-exposing-her-breasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/24\/woman-protesting-bill-c-51-expelled-from-the-commons-for-exposing-her-breasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman protesting Bill C 51 expelled from the Commons for exposing her breasts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OTTAWA — The words “C-51: State terrorism” were scrawled on a woman’s breasts after she whipped off her top in the Commons on Monday, resulting in her being ejected from the public gallery.<\/p>\n

The group FEMEN Quebec claimed responsibility a few minutes later on social media, saying the act was meant to highlight its opposition to the Conservatives’ proposed anti-terror bill.<\/p>\n

FEMEN says the legislation criminalizes freedom of expression. One of its provisions makes it criminal to publicly applaud a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

“The state becomes terrorist by creating these repressive, totalitarian measures,” said Montreal’s Neda Topaloski, who was banned from returning to Parliament for one year.<\/p>\n

The wide-ranging bill would give police much broader powers and allow them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada’s spy agency.<\/p>\n

The Conservatives introduced the legislation in January and have said it will make Canadians safer and give police and security forces the tools they need to meet terrorist threats.<\/p>\n

Those opposed to C-51 say it would infringe upon Canadians’ civil liberties and right to privacy, especially online.<\/p>\n

Topaloski had time to yell her opposition to the proposed legislation before being ejected after a brief chase by security.<\/p>\n

“I tried to stay as long as possible, grabbing on to things, but they ended up throwing me out,” Topaloski told The Canadian Press not long after her expulsion.<\/p>\n

Another group also held a protest in Ottawa against C-51, albeit a far tamer one.<\/p>\n

Some protesters travelled from Toronto to offer hugs and flowers to MPs.<\/p>\n

An organizer said the gestures were intended to help elected officials get over the trauma they might have experienced during the terror attack in Ottawa last year.<\/p>\n

“They went through really terrible events on October 22 and we feel they are being guided by fear in legislating,” said organizer Veronica Campbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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