The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that rights movements in Canada have been unpopular with the powers that be, but are now accepted as beneficial to society. The Globe's Elizabeth Renzetti writes that legitimate protest is under threat again. Environmentalists are the new fifth columnists, with new mechanisms being forged to squash them. She notes that a leaked RCMP report depicted a country torn apart by "violent anti-petroleum extremists," who will "continue to engage in criminal activity to promote their anti-petroleum ideology." The RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service were spying on Enbridge's Northern Gateway protesters. Now we have Bill C-51, with its alarmingly vague wording about criminalizing "activities that undermine the ... economic or financial stability of Canada." C-51 is currently being scrutinized by the public safety committee. The government has said "lawful" protest and advocacy will be exempt from any terrorism charges, but as experts pointed out to the committee, that word could be used to snare a group that failed to have the right permits, was protesting on disputed land or had broken the law in some other trivial way.