(Un)Lawful Access Ottawa Forum

Rumour confirmed!!!  At 12:30 p.m., in a blatent attempt to use abused childen to stifle dissent about a law that sanctions Internet snooping,  Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety introduced the freshly renamed "Protecting Children from Internet Preditors" Act."

Rumour has it that there will be an omnibus bill introduced on Feb. 14 that contains the legislation known as "lawful access." The following site "send Vic Toews a valentine" invites Canadians to respond in kind.  Users can dowload a postcard with a message to the Minister of Public Safety expressing strong opposition to Internet surveillance. 

For Immediate Release     Ottawa: February 9, 2012

Internet surveillance intrusive says Ottawa forum

B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) report endorsed

Ottawa, ON -- Participants in the Ottawa public forum on proposed lawful access legislation were deeply concerned by the implications of a legislative package that will dramatically expand the surveillance capacity of the state. The new powers aim to put the vast amounts of data recorded as a byproduct of a digital world in the hands of the state with few safeguards.

Report available for download:

http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/technology/announcement-lawful-access-report-now-available/

Technical panelist Kirsten R. Embree -- Devil in the details:  what will be the impact on ISPs

Slides are available here (PDF file)

ABOUT ONLINE SPYING : The government is trying to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow "authorities" to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant. Learn more and sign the petition at http://StopSpying.ca/