Welcome to the new Canada: Where your ISP is required to turn over your name, Internet protocol address and other personal information to police, even if they don’t have a warrant.The Harper government, with the introduction of Bill C-30, wants to give law enforcement unlimited and warrantless access to personal online data. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has even resorted to using scare tactics to push this bill through, saying that if you’re against C-30 then you are siding with child pornographers!
This hyperbolic fearmongering is a transparent attempt to use children as political shields. The full force of the law should be applied to those who are suspected of crimes against children. However, law enforcement in a democratic society must have a warrant before accessing the information of citizens, including those who are suspected of crimes.
Tell Vic Toews and the Harper government to abandon C-30, respect the rule of law and respect the right to privacy for all Canadian citizens. We’ll deliver it to Prime Minister Harper before this bill proceeds any further.
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First, PIPA and SOPA went down after the online community flexed its muscle. Then the world rallied against ACTA, and now it’s being reviewed by Europe’s highest court. Now our Canadian neighbors need our help, whose citizens are facing an even more immediate threat.
Put yourself in their shoes: What if your government was considering a policy that would force ISPs to provide unrestricted access to your data to law enforcement at any time, for any reason, and without a warrant? What would you do if your country’s leaders were trying to rewire the Internet to support systems of constant digital surveillance? Canadians are facing these dangers in the form of Bill C-30, and Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (right) is bent on getting it passed despite strong opposition from the public.
When we asked you last week to identify the largest threats facing the internet today, the response was unequivocal: Stop online censorship, invasions of privacy, and digital surveillance (See the P.S.). C-30 is the embodiment of these fears, as it would create a closed and monitored internet. Stand up for the rights of Canadian citizens and call on the Canadian government to abandon C-30:
https://www.accessnow.org/a-license-to-snoop
Democratic governments such as Canada’s should be setting an example of openness and respect for civil liberties for the world — not taking queues from repressive regimes like Syria and Iran. The good news is that support for C-30 is starting to waver, and we can deliver the knock-out punch.
Invasion of privacy. Perpetual online surveillance. You told us that these are your greatest concerns. Now is your chance to stop them:
https://www.accessnow.org/a-license-to-snoop
With determination,
The Access TeamP.S. We asked, and you responded! Almost 15,000 of you from around the world participated in our online poll, and the results were fascinating. Go here to find out what the world is talking about when it comes to digital freedom.
SOURCES:
Toews surprised by content of online surveillance bill
Bill provokes privacy fears
Michael Geist’s FAQ on C-30
Online surveillance bill to get early committee review
Toews’ gaffes aside, Bill C-30 has real dangersokay how i spend the next few years activisting against this shit? agh.
just the harper government being the harper government.
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