How does the Anti-terrorism Act compare to measures taken by other countries?
The global community needs to work together to defeat terrorism. Canada’s actions parallelled those taken by other countries but we adopted an approach based on Canadian values and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Other countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand passed legislation consistent with the objectives of the ATA. The threat posed by terrorism required a strong and immediate global response following September 11, 2001. That requirement still exists today. The ATA was the legislative vehicle to implement two UN instruments dealing with terrorist bombing and terrorist financing measures and a UN convention protecting UN and associated personnel. As well, the ATA facilitated the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, and enabled compliance with the Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.
