Want to Roll Back Bill C-51?

Want to Roll Back Bill C-51?

Postby Oscar » Wed May 20, 2015 11:30 am

Want to Roll Back Bill C-51?

[ http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/05/20/Ro ... ign=200515 ]

So does OpenMedia. Internet freedom group launches plan to 'turn this debate on its head.' First in a series.

By David Christopher, TheTyee.ca May 20, 2015

It's clear Canadians are deeply unhappy with the way the federal government views the privacy rights of its citizens. Last week, Bill C-51 passed in the House of Commons. It's now before the Senate and is expected to become law within weeks.

This is a piece of legislation so extreme that experts say it will lead to widespread violations of our charter rights.
[ https://cjfe.org/blog/bill-c-51-would-j ... d-freedoms ]

Today, OpenMedia, which advocates for more Internet freedom, is launching a privacy plan aimed at rolling back Bill C-51, ending government-supported surveillance and restoring the privacy rights of Canadians.

The report, entitled Canada's Privacy Plan, [ https://privacyplan.ca/ ] was the result of a crowd-sourced survey that gathered input from more that 100,000 Canadians. More than 10,000 of you used this crowdsourcing tool to provide detailed input on how you want to tackle our privacy deficit. [ https://openmedia.org/privacyplan ]

Bill C-51 has been widely criticized by Canadian civil liberties advocates. Among other things, it permits federal departments to exchange the private information of Canadians, and makes it easier for police to restrict the movement of suspects.

But Bill C-51 is just one aspect of the alarming privacy deficit the government has created. In the last 12 months, we've seen stunning revelations about how the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) -- the agency that collects foreign security intelligence from the Internet -- is spying [ https://openmedia.ca/news/breaking-spy- ... -sensitive ] on Canadians' private online activities and on private emails that Canadians send to members of Parliament. [ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cse-monit ... -1.2969687 ]

And we've seen Justice Minister Peter MacKay's online spying Bill C-13 become law, despite opposition from 3 in 4 Canadians.
[ http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadians ... 2014-06-20 ]

If there was one message coming through loud and clear from participants in our crowdsourcing process, it's that Canadians are sick and tired of the seemingly endless series of government attacks on their privacy. As participant Katherine noted: "The pendulum has swung way too far in the direction of limiting our privacy. Standards need to be adjusted to make privacy the default and transparency must be mandatory."

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