Concerns over the use of Patriot Act to access Canadians’ personal information spilled into the House of Commons yesterday. See this exchange between Joe Comartin and Treasury Board President John Baird.
Patriot Act Concerns Reach House of Commons
May 30, 2006
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Blah. The exchange didn’t provide any assurance of what, when, or even IF something would be done… who should we press to get Lockheed Martin out of our records?
Lockheed Martin
some clues are provided by a quick web search for:
canadian census lockheed martin