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There is currently a bill sitting in Parliament right now that will give immense powers to the Canadian government to spy on the online activities of Canadians.

Check this link out for a primer on it:

Bill C-30's "Voluntary" Warrantless Disclosure Provision

So, as you can see, this gives the government too much powers to more than peek at the activities of Canadians.

This will also cost ISPs and Canadians millions:

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...cess-costs.html

Over $80 million to implement this infrastructure and maintain it.

And Vic Toews comment on those who are against the bill:

Protest Vic "With Us or With the Child Pornographers" Toews Today in Vancouver
Toews Has Been Smearing Online Surveillance Critics For Weeks

"With us or with the child pornographers."

Yeah, he actually said that during a Parliament session.

Well, if you are Canadian, I encourage you to right to you member of Parliament and tell them to vote "No!" on this bill or sign this petition:

http://stopspying.ca/

Over 100,000 signatures already, only a week or so ago it was about 60,000 (IIRC).


As some other news related:

Why Bill C-30 Gives the Govt the Power To Install Its Own Surveillance Equipment on ISP Networks
Bill C-30's "Voluntary" Warrantless Disclosure Provision
Media Roundup
This bill is FUBARed

EDIT: I tried to use BBcode in this post and it seems that I have failed lol. I am not very familiar with the posting system with APnet yet, sorry! To the mods, feel free to edit this post accordingly.

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I came across this on reddit! Was all 'Woah! bold move, a step towards your shitty neighbours'

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I fixed your URL BBCode tags. You should check out this thread for examples on how our BBCodes work.