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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Posted at 12:07 PM EST
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Ottawa - The Liberal government has have introduced a bill that
would let police and intelligence officials demand personal information
about telephone and Internet subscribers.
The bill would ensure that law enforcement and CSIS officials could
request peoples' names, addresses, telephone or cell phone numbers or
their IP address, which identifies a computer's co-ordinates on the
Internet.
The initiative, more than three years in the making, could reignite
concerns about undue state surveillance.
The government says release of this information to authorities by
communication companies would be subject to privacy safeguards.
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The proposed law would also force communication service providers,
including traditional telephone companies, wireless firms and Internet
providers, to phase out technical barriers to police and security
agencies seeking access to messages or conversations.
The long-anticipated bill will, however, probably die on the Commons
order paper with a general election call expected in the next few
weeks.
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brad gregory from White Rock, Canada writes:
I have to agree with the intent of the Bill.Firstly, this does not give
the government complete access to whomever they wish.Rather, it is
intended to give law enforcement officials a tool to access information
to do their job.I would imagine officers would still require a warrant
and would need reasonable evidence to pursue this avenue.For the
average Canadian using the internet or telephone, he/she will have
little to fear.It is organized criminals that use these mediums that
have to worry.While many will be labelling this as draconian, orwellian
and so on, it is merely just allowing officers to do their job...
However, the Liberals clearly have no intent of passing this bill.it
will die on the order paper whenever an election is called...
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Posted Nov. 16, 2005 at 2:05 AM EST Link to Comment
jon e from toronto, Canada writes:
i agree that we should be careful in the collection of information -
however, the accusation that CSIS would give political parties
information that would help in elections is just ignorant.
political parties already have access to some of elections canada's
information with names, phone numbers and addresses of people - there's
nothing that would be collected here that would assist parties beyond
that.
Posted Nov. 16, 2005 at 2:10 AM EST Link to Comment
prariedog pdawg from calgary sudbury, Canada writes: the csis should be
disbanded.they have no business spying on canadians when all are
considered innocent till proven guilty.furthermore, big brother
listening in on private conversations is COMPLETELY contrary to the
democratic dreams of our forefathers.hell, the first civilian police
unit wasnt invented until the late 1800s, and our nation functioned
just fine without them up till that point.. matter of fact one could
argue that if functioned better then that it does now, considering
national identity, military strength, individual liberty -no such thing
as income tax back then- and international clout.. now with csis and
governments further eroding individual rights to property, privacy,
freedom and being robbed of their hard earned money to finance such
schemes, its a wonder we don't all mutually quit canada and our society
outright and start fresh again in accordance to our original
dreams.only evil people would want such a police state.. i hope to God,
this bill dies along with the intolerant liberals.
Posted Nov. 16, 2005 at 2:22 AM EST Link to Comment
F Liu from Markham, ON, Canada writes:
To prariedog pdawg:Times change.Our forefathers never had to deal with
terrorism, organized crime, or half the other things that Canada faces
today.Getting rid of CSIS won't get rid of the problems.Furthermore,
you are mistaken if you feel that 'big brother' listens in on your
conversations all the time.Think of it this way, would you condone the
tapping of your neighbour down the street it was thought that this
would prevent some sort of major crime (murder, sabotage, etc.)?I
certainly would.
Posted Nov. 16, 2005 at 4:13 AM EST Link to Comment
jane p. from toronto, Canada writes:
well 'pdawg' from calgary, times have changed. in case you haven't
looked around your country (or the globe) lately, the glory days of the
1800's are long gone. modern worries such as terrorism and internet
crime have led to the requirement of such measures as wiretapping.
law-abiding citizens need not fear of their conversations being tapped
because they are not suspects. if csis and other law enforcement
agencies require such measures, is it not worth it for the security of
our country? should canada ever become a victim of terrorism, i'd like
to see what the civil liberty groups have to say then.
best be time canadians wake up and realize that such measures are
required if we are going to remain a peace-able kingdom.
Posted Nov. 16, 2005 at 6:28 AM EST Link to Comment
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