I doubt if there was intent to snoop on "you and I", unless we were believed to be doing something or they had some fairly valid information, generally speaking ( we always stand the risk of some disgruntled bastard trying to set us up)
I would like the lawyers to do their job as it was originally intended.......................to see the accused gets a fair trial.
I strongly suggest reading the complete article.
Bill C-30 could give the government new surveillance powers, but shocking what they already know | News | National Post
After a B.C. lawyer’s dinner companion left the restaurant, police officers came to the table and asked everyone still seated to hand over identification. To clear up any misunderstanding, the lawyer complied.
He was then registered in a government database as having a known association with a gangster. Befuddled, he learned the person he had dined with had said hello to a gang member on the way out, the lawyer’s supporters say.
He is quietly fighting, so far unsuccessfully, to have that designation deleted, concerned that anytime police check he will immediately be flagged as suspicious and dangerous.
Policing
Law-enforcement databanks allow officers anywhere to check if a person is dangerous or a fugitive. Databanks such as the Canadian Police Information Centre lists criminal convictions, warrants and other important interactions with police. Also flagged are “emotionally disturbed persons” and those who are HIV-positive.
But there is, increasingly, much more to police databanks, with almost anyone who has a police encounter being entered into one.
It is hard to muster worry that a convicted killer or child molester is flagged in a police computer, but what about you being embedded there for complaining about a noisy party or reporting stolen property?
The PRIME-BC police database contains the names of more than 85% of B.C. residents, according to the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, which warns citizens could be passed up for jobs and volunteer positions because of misleading red flags. In Alberta, TALON, a new, $65-million database, is also raising concerns.
Manitoba, under Mr. Toews when he was the province’s attorney-general, was a trailblazer in recording interaction with young men to note markers of gang activity to help identify and declare them as gang members.
The Toronto-area forces have an enormous, shared combined database.
I doubt if there was intent to snoop on "you and I", unless we were believed to be doing something or they had some fairly valid information, generally speaking ( we always stand the risk of some disgruntled bastard trying to set us up)
I would like the lawyers to do their job as it was originally intended.......................to see the accused gets a fair trial.
It is not up to only the lawyer to ensure a fair trial, the Judge, the prosecutor, the Charter of Rights, laws and precedents.
As Canadian citizen you are guaranteed a fair trial. As long as you can afford it. The low and middle class cannot afford good lawyers. Or they bankrupt themselves proving their innocence.
Please look to BC and how many cases will be thrown out because they have passed the 18month average for a timely trial. That is due to the Govt, the Govt is at fault. not someone working the system, but the Govt failing in their duty to protect the Citizen.
Call or email your MLA.
