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Privacy

Tweet The unelected premier of BC. Christie Clark and her caucus are trying to ram through changes to the Privacy Act.  According to an article written by Rob Shaw, of Postmedia.

The proposed legislation would make it easier for government to share  people’s private information across ministries, something the current law  prohibits. Government officials . . . → Read More: Privacy

Smart Meters? Not so fast!

Tweet Bill Tieleman posted on his blog this morning about his objections to the SmartMeter Program that BC Hydro is attempting to foist upon us.

BC Hydro claims the completely safe wireless-transmitting smart meters will save you money and the environment by letting you — and them — monitor electricity usage. Then you can . . . → Read More: Smart Meters? Not so fast!

The Irony Of Those Freedom And Privacy Lovin’ Harpercon Cheerleaders

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Over at Queer Thoughts, Ricky Barnes points out yet another hypocrisy of Stevie Spiteful and the Harpercons, thus proving once again, that scrapping the long form census has nothing to do with privacy concerns and everything to do with pushing their ideology.  And no, he’s not talking about Bill C-42. No, something just . . . → Read More: The Irony Of Those Freedom And Privacy Lovin’ Harpercon Cheerleaders

(ITI) Inaccess-to-Information

When Parliament wanted information on Afghan Detainees, we got document dumps with aolmost entire pages blocked out, or redacted. A Nixonian Tendency has taken hold in Ottawa and either the people inside the PMO or ministers themselves are getting Sharpy happy. This government is so incredibly trerrified that Canadian’s are going to find out what’s going on behind closed doors that they are blakcing almost everying ad-hoc. I bet if you strip search an Ministerial MP or Parliamentary Secretary, they have pockets full of black markers. . . . → Read More: (ITI) Inaccess-to-Information