Post Tagged with: "lawful access"

Will The Liberals Play The Role of Opposition on Lawful Access?

While the Liberal party indicated late in the summer that it would more actively oppose the Conservative government, apparently that may not apply to Bill C-46 and C-47, the lawful access legislation.  Bill C-46, titled the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act, received second reading in the House of Commons yesterday with a referral to committee on the way.  The bill contains new tracking warrants for the Internet and other police powers.

The first response from the Liberals to this lawful access bill: What took you so long?  MP Mark Holland opened with the following question:

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October 27, 2009 3 comments News

Legislative Summary of Bill C-47

The Library of Parliament has posted a legislative summary of Bill C-47, half of the lawful access proposal.

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October 27, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Lawful Access Looms on Parliamentary Plan

Second reading for the lawful access bills has now appeared on the projected order of business for the House of Commons.

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October 20, 2009 2 comments News

Security vs. Privacy: Ottawa Citizen on Lawful Access

The Ottawa Citizen ran a detailed feature on the lawful access bills with comments from both law enforcement and privacy advocates.  Police say requiring warrants for ISP subscriber data is "harmful to public safety."

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October 14, 2009 9 comments News

New Decision on Warrantless Access To ISP Customer Data

The Canadian Privacy Law Blog reports on a new Ontario decision which concluded there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in subscriber account records.

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October 9, 2009 1 comment News