With a majority of seats in parliament, the ruling party can pass whatever legislation they want without any effective opposition. Sadly, governments do not enact legislation based on evidence, they pass legislation to be seen to be doing something that's popular enough for the party in power to be re-elected. The Ottawa shooting and the Quebec automobile killing show that !surveillance and terrorist watch lists are ineffective at stopping mentally ill people from committing crimes. If the government wants to pass evidence-based legislation to stop criminals they should outlaw junk mail http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-shooting-zehaf-bibeau-used-junk-mail-as-temp-licence-plate-1.2812688 !cdnpoli