Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 23, 2013 as Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well The government’s recent decision to kill its online surveillance legislation marked a remarkable policy shift. The outcry over the plan to require Internet providers to install surveillance capabilities within their networks and […]
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Removing Telco Foreign Ownership Restrictions: My Appearance Before Senate Committee on Transport & Comm
How Canada’s Telecom Companies Have Secretly Supported Internet Surveillance Legislation
lawfulaccesscolmay12 Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 22, 2012 as How Canada’s Telecoms Quietly Backed Internet Surveillance Bill Canada’s proposed Internet surveillance was back in the news last week after speculation grew that government intends to keep the bill in legislative limbo until it dies on the order paper. […]
Public Safety Links Telecom Foreign Investment with Lawful Access
Public Safety Claims Telecom Ownership Liberalization a National Security Threat
Fresh off Bill C-30, the Internet surveillance legislation, Public Safety Canada now says that opening the Canadian telecom market to foreign ownership “would pose a considerable risk to public safety and national security.”