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Tories Kill Web Surveillance Bill

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative government has abandoned its controversial and much-maligned Internet surveillance bill, legislation it once claimed was cru...

Vic Toews is Snooping in Your Data Again

Charlie Angus | Posted 01.30.2013 | Canada Politics
Charlie Angus

The notorious online "snooping" bill, C-30, looks like it may be coming back for round two. But people shouldn't be complacent as efforts are underway to put C-30 back on the agenda. Towes claims that getting access to subscriber data is simply like getting access to a phone book. The privacy commissioners of Canada disagree. Canadians aren't fools. Privacy matters to us. So does balance. Justifications for online snooping by the state are not going to be solved by invoking buzzwords and bogeymen.

Very Bad News For Tories' Online Surveillance Bill

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada Politics

A majority of Canadians think that the Conservatives’ proposed online surveillance Bill C-30 is too intrusive and should be defeated, according to a...

Anonymous Hack Police Over Online Surveillance Bill

CBC | Posted 04.26.2012 | Canada Politics

The group representing Ontario's top police brass appears to be the latest victim of "hacktivist" organization Anonymous, after the websi...

Guess How Much Online Spying Bill Is Going To Cost

CBC | Posted 04.23.2012 | Canada Politics

It's going to cost at least $80 million to implement the government's lawful access bill to force internet and telecommunications service...

WATCH: Rick Mercer Rant Targets Vic Toews

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 02.22.2012 | Canada Politics

"The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation." That's Rick Mercer's take on the new Conservative online surveillance bill, which in ...

Stockwell Day Speaks Out Against Online Spying Powers

CBC | Posted 04.23.2012 | Canada Politics

A former Conservative public safety minister says he was against giving the police more power when he was in charge of the department tha...

Online Surveillance Bill Built To Be Abused?

CP | Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Opponents of the government's online surveillance bill say Canada should look to its allies for cautionary tales before pushing ahead with me...

Clement: E-Snooping Bill Will Protect Us Better Than Gun Registry

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - A Conservative cabinet minister swept aside accusations Friday that the government values long-gun owners over web users.Critics have blaste...

Tories Using Mommy Titles To Sell Bills

CP | Posted 04.17.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - It's safe to say the "Protecting Bitumen from Internet Predators Pipeline" is not in the cards for Canada.But when Megan Leslie made the tong...

WATCH: The Internet Turns On Toews

The Huffington Post Canada | Michael Bolen | Posted 02.17.2012 | Canada Politics

In the parlance of the times, Vic Toews is getting pwned. Canada's Public Safety Minister is getting savaged on the Internet after he introduced th...

Internet Takes Tories To Task Over Online-Spying Bill

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - In their tough-on-crime approach to legislation, the Conservatives are learning a tough lesson.Mess with the Internet and it's going to mess ...

Online Surveillance Bill May Violate Constitution

CBC | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Politics

A new bill that would require telecommunications providers to give police subscriber information without a warrant will likely be challenged in the co...

That's Us In The Corner.. Losing Our Online Privacy

CBC | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Politics

Government and law enforcement access to people’s electronic communications is the norm in dictatorships around the world, but the same...

PHOTOS: What's In New Online Surveillance Bill?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.15.2012 | Canada Politics

A lawful access bill that would give police and intelligence agencies new powers to access Canadians' electronic communications and get telecommunicat...