CBC Online features an interview with Marlene Jennings, the Liberal MP who has brought lawful access back to the legislative agenda. Jennings says that if the Conservatives do not adopt the bill as their own, the bill would come up for second reading late in 2008.
Lawful Access Second Reading in Late 2008
April 1, 2007
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Funny.
Privacy this, freedom that…
The sort of ‘laws’ that are being proposed nowadays would’ve been the Stasi’s (East German secret police) wet dream.