Here is an article from The Globe and Mail on Canada’s new lawful access bills. The federal and provincial privacy commissioners are raising concerns about the privacy impacts of the proposed legislation, which would require service providers to install surveillance equipment and allow police unprecedented powers to gather information.
These proposed laws should be getting more attention on Canada before it is too late.
Planned Internet, wireless surveillance laws worry watchdogs
Canada’s federal and provincial privacy watchdogs are expressing concern about two proposed laws that would give authorities much greater surveillance powers over Internet and wireless communications.
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In June, the Conservative government introduced two bills – the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act and the Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Act – that would give police sweeping new powers to collect information about Canadian Internet users without a warrant, and activate tracking devices in their cellphones and cars, among other things.
“Canadians put a high value on the privacy, confidentiality and security of their personal communications and our courts have also accorded a high expectation of privacy to such communications,” Ms. Stoddart said in a statement Thursday.