Canada’s expanding surveillance ‘should scare you’: privacy watchdog

[shockedcanadian]

How is this for total access? This bill will allow ANY intelligence agency, or regular police force to monitor, intercept and interfere with anyones internet, telephone etc. without a court order. Not only are there the obvious massive abuses that will occur, but due to no court order there will be no paper trail, it never happened...


OTTAWA — Canadian judges and politicians have grown too old and out of touch with the reality of today’s digital world to be trusted to make sound decisions about privacy rights, Ontario’s privacy watchdog has warned.

Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian said she is frustrated with recent judicial decisions that she believes trivialize Canadian privacy rights.

She also criticized the federal government’s planned “lawful access” legislation — Bill C-50 and Bill C-51 — which Cavoukian believes will amount to a major breach of rights and freedoms.

“We are talking about the expansion of surveillance without judicial authorization. This should scare you,” she said....


http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/29/canadas-expanding-surveillance-should-scare-you-privacy-watchdog/

[RKP5637]

1. Damn, it's getting to be a race between US and Canada as to who's going to

be the most draconian police state it seems.

[johnb72341js]

3. true

[teddy51]

2. Well the stupid Canadian Electorate is getting what they paid for

in the last election. Voting the Harper Government in with a resounding majority was crazy. 4 years at least of this asshole and his minions.