http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/edward-snowden-un-investigation-surveillance?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 Nick Hopkins and Matthew Taylor UN’s senior counter-terrorism official says revelations ‘are at the very apex of public interest concerns’ Ben Emmerson: ‘The Guardian has revealed an extensive programme of surveillance which potentially affects every one of us.’ Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian The UN’s senior counter-terrorism official is to launch an investigation […]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/nsa-surveillance-europe-threatens-freeze-us-data-sharing?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 After Edward Snowden revelations, EU executive underlines US compliance with European law and ‘how things have gone badly’ Ian Traynor in Brussels European Union justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding is negotiating with the US on the fallout from the NSA scandal. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty The EU executive is threatening to freeze crucial data-sharing […]
TODAY, IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR ONE THING ONLY: 2013-11-23 SIGN STATEMENT: Protect our Privacy! (IMPORTANT) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – We are in a huge race. The […]
BELOW: is a back-up copy of the CBC News Report, Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace. But I recommend you go to the URL. There’s a set of 8 photos. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-canada-s-top-secret-billion-dollar-spy-palace-1.1930322?cmp=rss/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Please […]
All I needed to assess the need for this petition was the link to the CBC Report, from the Footnotes for the Petition: Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News (http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=11133) This is very serious. But we can fight it. Please sign on, and alert your friends: https://openmedia.ca/ourprivacy NEW: The government has just announced […]
(Eve’s trial date is set for March, 2014.) http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2013/10/08/news/doc52549d6ab8326766927680.txt From: Powell River Peak By Chris Bolster (email reporter at prpeak.com ) A Lund resident is facing federal charges after telling Statistics Canada to count her out. Yoga teacher Eve Stegenga is one of 54 Canadians being charged under the Statistics Act for not completing the 2011 mandatory […]
(In court at Toronto’s Old City Hall) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/janet-churnin-retired-social-worker-in-court-over-census-protest-1.2435776 Excerpts from the CBC Report, followed by Toronto Star coverage: . . . Her lawyer, Peter Rosenthal, said their defence will be built around Churnin’s charter rights to protection against unreasonable search and seizure — rights he will argue are threatened by StatsCan’s “negligent” reliance on the […]
There must be collaborating angels in StatsCan and the Justice Dept. Else, why on Earth would they lay Census charges against ANOTHER Wise Old Woman, a WOW! as I like to call them? Canadians are a conscientitious lot, inside AND outside Government?! Anyway – – bless the WOW’s ! October 89-years-life-experience AUDREY TOBIAS 2013-10-04 89 years old, […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-making-of-the-harper-court/article14844626/ By Lawrence Martin It’s been an extraordinary period for the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. In fewer than eight years in office, Stephen Harper has appointed six of the top court’s nine justices. Next year, he gets to name another. It’s one of the biggest and quickest turnovers the court has seen. […]
ITEM A Page 1 of 3 2013-10-12 The Oakes Test to over-ride Charter Rights. How Prosecutors get around it. This arises from my experience in trial over the Charter Right to Privacy of personal information. I hope that people, including Law students, will challenge the idea that the Government, in over-riding a Charter Right, […]