Just Dying
By Brandon Pardy/ The Independent.ca Published on February 13, 2014 Â On Jan. 16 the Supreme Court of Canada decided it will hear an appeal (of an appeal) regarding a […]
B.C. to give police more powers to find missing people
By Brian Morton/ Vancouver Sun Published on February 13, 2014 The province wants to give police more power to collect information in missing-persons cases. A bill introduced to the legislature […]
Editorial: Bigger Brother
By North Shore News Published February 12, 2014 In case you missed it on Tuesday, along with a federal budget in Ottawa, a speech from the throne in Victoria, and […]
Youth faces forfeiture case over drug buy
By Sunny Dhillon/theglobeandmail.com British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Office is attempting to seize a vehicle from a youth over a $20 crack transaction, arguing it is permitted to confiscate the car […]
Canada’s Spies Are Out of Control
By Christopher Malmo/ Vice.com Published February 11, 2014   here was an alarming lack of sustained outrage when it was revealed that CSEC, Canada’s NSA, was testing out a spying program […]
The Day The World Fought Back
In the last year, the world has learned that mass surveillance by governments knows no bounds. Today, February 11th, internet users around the world are standing together. Today, individuals, civil […]
If It Ain’t Broke… Voter ID Rules Undemocratic and Unnecessary
As the old adage goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But that’s exactly what the government decided to do back in 2007 when amendments to voting laws came […]
CSEC Wi-Fi snooping experiment prompts calls for review
By CBC News/cbc.ca A B.C. MP is calling for an independent review of the activities of Canada’s electronic spy agency, after CBC News revealed this week that the agency conducted an experiment tracking internet […]
Spy agency’s work with CSIS, RCMP fuels fears of privacy breaches
By Colin Freeze/theglobeandmail.com Canada’s foreign-intelligence surveillance agency received nearly 300 requests for assistance from domestic security agencies over a four-year period – a degree of collaboration that is raising alarm […]
Would a Police Record Check Cost You a Job? The Answer Might Surprise You
Have you been affected by the release of non-conviction information on a police record check? If so, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC wants to hear […]
