Author: David Christopher

On Monday afternoon, the government’s reckless online spying Bill C-13 came a small step closer to becoming the law of the land. The government used its parliamentary majority to cut short debate about the bill, successfully getting it past the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons despite the

This is amazing! Canadians from coast to coast have used our Letter-to-the-Editor tool to successfully publish letters in 30 major Canadian newspapers. Check them out below. Clearly this government has it all wrong when it comes to respecting our right to privacy. That’s the message coming across again and again

This news is just in: According to the CBC, “An investigation at Canada’s secretive eavesdropping agency has uncovered misuse of public assets and ‘serious breaches’ of the spy outfit’s values and ethics code.”1 All of us already knew that eavesdropping/spy agency CSEC is spying on law-abiding Canadians. We also knew

Our Privacy Coalition partner the Canadian Civil Liberties Association is hosting a Pathways to Privacy event at the University of Toronto from March 20-21. It’s shaping up to be an exciting event, and they have some great guest speakers lined up. If you’re interested in protecting privacy and you’re in

On Wednesday, your OpenMedia.ca team launched a hard-hitting video about the government’s online spying Bill C-13 – and Canadians from coast to coast to coast have been sharing it far and wide. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out right here on the Privacy Coalition website or below.

Ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC is getting a whopping budget boost – and that’s all thanks to your tax dollars. CSEC is set to receive $829 MILLION from taxpayers in 2014-15 – that’s a huge 86.7% increase from the $444 million it cost us last year. But don’t worry – your

Here’s Protect Our Privacy coalition member Dr. Christopher Parsons discussing the response by Canada’s spy chiefs to recent revelations of spying on law-abiding Canadians – and why their defence is both weak and problematic. Join our growing campaign for effective legal measures to protect our privacy from government spies at

New documents have revealed that government spy agency CSEC is collecting hugely sensitive information and monitoring the movements of thousands of law-abiding Canadians. The government won’t provide the details but this spying activity could include you. They’ve spied on innocent air travellers at Canadian airports.1 They’ve spied on important friends

It’s been an incredible few months for our rapidly growing campaign against reckless government spying – and now we’re planning to take things to the next level. On February 11th, Canadians will come together to send the government a message they can’t ignore. We’ll be joined by friends in the