http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/10/03/trial_begins_for_89yearold_who_wont_fill_out_census.html# Audrey Tobias was joined by about 80 supporters as her lawyer argued for her stand against the census software provided by Lockheed Martin. By: Liam Casey An 89-year-old woman believes she won her case for refusing to fill out her census form. But the judge will make his decision next Wednesday. Yet Audrey Tobias […]
Note: Italicized bold underlined text is a link Re: seeking leave-to-appeal to the SCC (Supreme Court of Canada), R v Finley 1. SCC Objective Summary Sep2013 As at Sept 30, 2013, this two-paragraph Summary of the issue in my trial has the potential to decide whether we have the Charter Right to Privacy of personal information, […]
(Background for newcomers, see: Lockheed Martin, . . . Census, Surveys, Charter Right to Privacy, On Trial (SCC = Supreme Court of Canada) NEED CRITICAL INPUT Will some of you please read the Objective Summary (2 paragraphs) and provide your critical thoughts to me? At this juncture, a two-paragraph Summary of the issue in my trial […]
Concern: The Supreme Court of Canada Objective Summary prepared by an SCC lawyer for submission to the Panal of 3 Justices who will decide whether to grant leave-to-appeal is not objective. I emailed my lawyer as follows. He responded: The way I understand it, this is an ongoing process. I have contacted the SCC to see […]
My last email was about spying on citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S., information leaked by Edward Snowden. (The POwer of Fun. Fun in the streets.) It’s a serious issue – privacy of personal information. Hear what Phil Zimmermann has to say – – very worthwhile interview (20 minutes): You have even […]
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/05/stanley-cup-riot-hero-faces-charge-for-crumpling-burning-and-colouring-census-form-in-protest/ By Sarah Boesveld Vancouver-area activist Bert Easterbrook, who earned a police commendation for curbing violence during the Stanley Cup riot in June 2011, has been charged under the Statistics Act for failing to turn in a valid census. He crumpled up his 2011 census form, burned holes in it and wrote comments in at […]
http://front.kinja.com/nsa-surveillance-scandal-feds-shut-down-snowdens-secu-511588927 By Ken Lane A legal website used by attorneys to privately discuss case law is shutting down after 10 years because the owner no longer feels the site’s users are protected from government spying. After federal threats led to the closure of several secure email providers, the publisher of Groklaw closed her own operation […]
Canadians’ private digital information is inevitably being caught up in the U.S.’s massive surveillance dragnet, and Canada’s government has both the capability and the legal loopholes needed to spy on its own citizens as well, experts say. The Obama administration was rocked this week by revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency collects millions of […]
DECISION FROM SASK COURT OF APPEAL IN MY TRIAL – LOCKHEED MARTIN AND THE CENSUS, PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upheld the lower courts’ view that we do not have a Charter Right to privacy of personal information in the face of StatsCan’s appetite for the collection of personal data on […]
2013SKCA047 Census Judgment SK CA