The conservatives were caught once again busily chipping away at the rights and freedoms generations of Canadians have worked to bring us. This latest case involves the conservatives seeking to obtain personal information about online activites of Canadians without independent oversight or warrants.
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I just listened to Stockwell Day on CBCs Searh Engine and he used the tired old conservative practice of blaming the Liberals. The Liberals had also looked at this issue in 2002 and 2005 but did it in a open and public fashion, unlike the dishonest process under Harper. This is just one more instance of a PM who wants to do everything out of the public light as he increases his own personal power.
If Days contention that he had no idea this was going on in his own ministry is true he should step down. If he's lying and is trying to violate our right to privacy at Harpers direction they both should step down. This behaviour is unacceptable in a just society.
In the last few months we've seen police masqarading as protestors at a federaly controlled summit trying to turn a peaceful demonstration into a riot, a conservative MP here in BC trying to muscle an NDP MP out of his own riding and now the conservatives undertaking secret intiatives that could remove our right to privacy.
Sounds like fascism to me.
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Philippa Lawson, of the Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Centre, agrees the status quo is serving police well.
"We know from history that the more powers you give law enforcement agencies and the government, the most potential there is for abuse," she said.
Geist said that a customer's name and address can serve as a "lynchpin" for other personal data. For example, if police can link an IP address to a specific person, they suddenly gain the ability to track their activity on the Internet.
"From an individual Canadian's perspective, their privacy and their concerns about how that information could be used and conceivably misused, suggests that it's important to ensure we do have some oversights in place," Geist said.
I just listened to Stockwell Day on CBCs Searh Engine and he used the tired old conservative practice of blaming the Liberals. The Liberals had also looked at this issue in 2002 and 2005 but did it in a open and public fashion, unlike the dishonest process under Harper. This is just one more instance of a PM who wants to do everything out of the public light as he increases his own personal power.
If Days contention that he had no idea this was going on in his own ministry is true he should step down. If he's lying and is trying to violate our right to privacy at Harpers direction they both should step down. This behaviour is unacceptable in a just society.
In the last few months we've seen police masqarading as protestors at a federaly controlled summit trying to turn a peaceful demonstration into a riot, a conservative MP here in BC trying to muscle an NDP MP out of his own riding and now the conservatives undertaking secret intiatives that could remove our right to privacy.
Sounds like fascism to me.