Canada Introduces Eavesdropping Bill

[NYC Liberal]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/canada/13176860.htm

OTTAWA - Canada's Liberal government introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow police and intelligence officials to demand personal information about telephone and Internet subscribers.

The bill would ensure that law enforcement and intelligence officials could request a person's name, address, telephone or cell phone number, or IP address, which identifies a computer's coordinates on the Internet.

The initiative, submitted to Parliament, could reignite concerns about state surveillance and the rights to privacy in Canadian homes and businesses. However, the bill is expected to die on the floor of the House of Commons, with a general election call expected in the next few weeks.

Under current Canadian law, communication companies can decide to require a court-approved warrant before handing over personal information to police or security officials.

[Montauk6]

1. I hope this is not a way to make the new wave of American immigrants

feel at home!

[Canuckistanian]

2. That's not the end of this, I can assure you

The NDP will have something to say about this, I guarantee it!
And the Liberals don't have the authority to ram anything through Parliament.

Right now, they're negociating the terms of their surrender to an election....

[Enhancer]

3. Nothing surprising.

Didn't someone here at DU say once that Canadians were just like Americans, only dressed for cold weather?

[applegrove]

4. Well the Americans already have access to our internet. So it is only

fair that our own government has access.

Make it hard for the bad guys. EXCELLENT!:bounce:

[Amonester]

5. I hope they'll catch the thieves who scan my ports and send me

all these trojan horses on MY hard drive (MY HD ain't theirs...)

:scared:

[applegrove]

6. I doubt it. Let them catch the scarry hard-core criminal assholes. The one

who stalk as a way of life and run criminal networks. That would make me happy.

Please - look at whatever you want to look at. Just get the bad guys.