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Article: The Impact Of The USA PATRIOT Act In Canada.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- November 3, 2005
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The USA PATRIOT Act--short for the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001"--is intended to facilitate the fight against terrorism. As originally passed, sixteen key provisions of the Act were set to expire at the end of 2005, but in late July the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate voted to renew them. Since the House and Senate bills are not identical, the form of the final legislation--which will likely include some minor amendments to the Act--still has to be worked out by a congressional Conference Committee.
The Act has expanded U.S. government surveillance ...