▁Crit ic ism ▁The ▁Canadian ▁arm ▁of ▁Am n esty ▁International ▁indicated ▁that ▁the ▁anti - ter ror ism ▁bill ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁target ▁environmental ▁activ ists ▁and ▁ab original ▁protest ers , ▁or ▁any ▁other ▁form ▁of ▁protest ▁without ▁an ▁official ▁permit ▁or ▁court ▁order . ▁An ▁RC MP ▁report ▁names ▁Green pe ace ▁in ▁language ▁that ▁would ▁permit ▁CS IS ▁powers ▁against ▁them . ▁ ▁Daniel ▁Ther rien , ▁the ▁appointed ▁federal ▁Priv acy ▁Commission er , ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁bill ▁fails ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁safety ▁and ▁priv acy ▁of ▁Canad ians , ▁for ▁it ▁gr ants ▁un pre ced ented ▁and ▁excess ive ▁powers ▁to ▁government ▁depart ments ▁and ▁ag encies . ▁His ▁analysis ▁indicates ▁that ▁Bill ▁C - 5 1 ▁" opens ▁the ▁door ▁to ▁collect ing , ▁analyz ing ▁and ▁potentially ▁keeping ▁forever ▁the ▁personal ▁information ▁of ▁all ▁Canad ians ," ▁including ▁every ▁instance ▁of ▁" a ▁person ' s ▁tax ▁information ▁and ▁details ▁about ▁a ▁person ' s ▁business ▁and ▁vac ation ▁travel ." ▁Ult imately , ▁Ther rien ▁calls ▁for ▁significant ▁changes ▁and ▁am ends ▁to ▁Bill ▁C - 5 1 , ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁respect s ▁priv acy ▁rights . ▁ ▁Law ▁professor ▁Craig ▁Forces e ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁increase ▁of ▁information ▁the ▁bill ▁perm its ▁would ▁" create ▁a ▁new ▁concept ▁of ▁information ▁sharing ▁that ▁is ▁so ▁vast ▁that ▁it ▁ris ks ▁increasing ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁hay stack ▁to ▁such ▁a ▁magnitude ▁that ▁it ▁becomes ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁need les ".