The Conservative government is launching a bid to recover controversial anti-terrorism powers as early as this fall – and revive a wedge issue that could force the Liberals into another wrenching internal debate.
The Liberals, in a terrible flip-flop, had killed the counterterrorism laws they themselves had passed following 9/11, demonstrating that they're even softer on terrorism than ever before and are also easily intimidated into doing the wrong things due to pressure from extremists within their own party.
