(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Further to: My reply to “StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks” I received this: I circulated on facebook the petition against this sharing of personal data from financial institutions. One response made it clear that people trust Stats Canada a way more than is warranted, […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Tech companies’ reign over users’ personal data has run largely unchecked in the age of the internet. Europe is seeking to end that with a new law by Steve Kroft This has not been a great year for big tech; on Wall Street or in Washington. For decades, […]
UPDATES: (note – list of “RELATED” postings at bottom) 2018-11-16 the BLIND SPOT in Privacy Commissioner’s investigation of StatsCan (getting personal data from the private sector) 2018-11-13 Poll: Canadians strongly oppose Statscan’s plan to obtain the banking records of 500,000 households, Globe & Mail. – – – – – – – – – – – […]
(NOTE: List of RELATED postings at bottom) https://sencanada.ca/en/newsroom/banc-senate-committee-to-probe-statistics-canada-request-for-canadians-banking-data/ News Release Senate committee to probe Statistics Canada’s request for Canadians’ banking data November 6, 2018 Ottawa – Following confirmation that Statistics Canada intends to compel major financial institutions to provide detailed customer banking information, the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce announced Monday that it […]
Steve, That is amazing footage- even though we were there-it’s still incredible that we SAW this! Thanks so much. —–Original Message—– From: Hishey Tshering To: Steve Euller Cc: George Archibald; Ed Sherin; Wendy Gramm; ssgristina; halpost; aliamcmahon; sabest1; jangraybiel; dhardie229; jebba; Rajendra Suwal; Nancy Roehr Hi Steve, Thanks for sharing this awesome memory and with […]
NOTE: The words “Monsanto”, and “Bayer” do not appear in the title of the article. I added them. NOTE: Health Canada (the Pest Management Regulatory Agency – PMRA) should NOT be doing the assessments of the studies. They are, and have long been, nothing more than pimps without conscience for the chemical industry. There’s lots […]
Washington Post By Fred Barbash, Allyson Chiu and Juliet Eilperin A federal judge temporarily blocked construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, ruling late Thursday that the Trump administration had failed to justify its decision granting a permit for the 1,200-mile long project designed to connect Canada’s oil sands fields with Texas’s Gulf Coast […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom /S) Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Several senators attacked Statistics Canada’s controversial plan to force banks to hand over personal spending data of tens of thousands of residents at a hearing today as an unnecessary intrusion of privacy. “I’m repelled by this,” Sen. David Tkachuk told the Senate banking committee […]
This is a bombshell: 2018-11-01 Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch’s financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public, National Observer Background REMINDER: A tally, citizens are on the hook for . . . – – – – – – – – – – – – – The obliteration of […]
There are good pictures but I don’t know how to copy them, and I don’t know where to find this on-line. Can’t give you a URL. Maybe you have to be on Instagram? Hey Jammers! What does Design Anarchy mean to you? This past Monday, bright and early, Adbusters infiltrated the viscera of Vancouver’s prestigious […]