By Bob Mackin/metronews.ca Documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, one of 2013’s biggest newsmakers, have revealed how the United States government is tracking mobile phone locations, monitoring email and ev en infiltrating video game networks. The U.S. is not alone … Read More
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The undead: The Harper regime’s online spying law is back.
Posted onBy Michael Riordon/naturesciencepower.wordpress.com The Harper regime’s online spying law is back. In 2012, you may have joined a national campaign to block their highly invasive online spying legislation, Bill C-30. The government claimed it would “help police combat child pornography.” … Read More
Civil Liberties Association reacts strongly to Pompeo sentence
Posted onBy Don Bodger/cowichannewsleader.com The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is reacting with consternation to the two-year probationary sentence given to Const. David Pompeo for aggravated assault in the 2009 shooting of Bill Gillespie near Chemainus. “We have grave concerns about a … Read More
Vancouver parking cops may get high-tech licence plate readers
Posted onBy Jonathan Woodword/bc.ctvnews.ca The City of Vancouver is looking to spend $200,000 on high-tech licence plate readers to catch illegal parkers, following in the footsteps of several B.C.cities that have already adopted the technology. Complaints about poor parking enforcement in … Read More
RCMP’s eyes in the sky spark civil liberties debate
Posted onBy Emma Smith Published November 28th, 2013/ theglobeandmail.com “They weigh about the same as a bird and hover over accident scenes, a speck in the sky quietly filming a debris field for RCMP, sending officers close-ups of skid marks and … Read More
West Vancouver woman acquitted of human trafficking still faces having her home seized
Posted onBy Dene Moore, The Canadian Press Published November 26th, 2013/ theprovince.com “Lawyers for a British Columbia businesswoman acquitted of human trafficking have written to the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office asking that it drop court action to seize the multimillion-dollar home … Read More
Alleged drug house forfeiture target
Posted onBy Cassidy Oliver/theprovince.com After each police raid, Josef Schwarz’s phone would eventually start ringing. On the other end would be an RCMP officer. And the conversation would go something like this: We attended your property. Your tenant has been arrested. … Read More
Cyberbullying bill a Trojan horse to revive online surveillance: critics
Posted onBy Jim Bronskill Published November 21st, 2013/ montrealgazette.com “Civil libertarians say the federal government’s new cyberbullying bill will erode Internet privacy by reviving many elements of the Tories’ controversial online surveillance legislation. Groups that oppose undue intrusion by the state … Read More
Langley man will face second trial for housing grow-op
Posted onBy Monique Tamminga Published November 8th, 2013/ langleytimes.com “The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a Langley man will have to go to trial for a second time, facing charges of housing a grow-op. Thanh Long Vu was charged … Read More
No problem with spying according to Foreign Affairs Minister
Posted onBy Sara Norman Published November 4th, 2013/ news1130.com “Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister is downplaying concerns surrounding our country’s spying practices. This comes after the BC Civil Liberties Association filed a lawsuit arguing monitoring by the Communications Security Establishment of Canada … Read More
