Before C-51, laws and arrangements often allowed for the sharing of information for national security purposes. C-51 adopts an excessive approach that will harm online innovation, political discourse and our civil liberties. Speak out to get it repealed at KillC51.ca Article by The Canadian Press for CBC read more
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Alberta Politics: MP Wai Young’s lines were flubbed, but nevertheless they sound like a cynical Harper Government talking point
PHOTOS: The Cone of Silence – it just doesn’t work for anyone any more. Below: Conservative MP Wai Young, Conservative PM Stephen Harper and Jesus, whose position on Canadian politics is unknown. It seems likely Vancouver South MP Wai Young fumbled a cynical Harper Government talking point when she claimed
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: Trudeau’s support of Bill C-51 weakened the Liberal party
Bill C-51 is so unpopular that is having a mayor role in the electoral campaign. No matter who wins, this reckless bill should be repealed. Speak out now at KillC51.ca Article by Jane Taber for The Globe and Mail John Fenik is the Mayor of Perth, a picturesque community just
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Why stop with just one religion? Shouldn’t Ottawa certify clerics for all religions, plus martial arts instructors?
PHOTOS: The Senate of Canada, also known as “the Red Chamber,” possibly for its adoption of tactics for dealing with religion reminiscent of two large communist countries. Actual Canadian Senators may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Andrew P.W. Bennett, Canada’s first “Ambassador for Religious Freedom” and a cantor at
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians take fight against Harper’s Bill C-51 to UN rights committee
Canadian rights activists to challenge Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s new anti-terror law, before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva this week. The post Canadians take fight against Harper’s Bill C-51 to UN rights committee appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Harper Police
Well as you know, Stephen Harper has turned the RCMP into the Harper Police. And sadly the Musical Ride isn't what it once was. Is there no place now where Canadians can be spared the Conservative government’s jingoistic militaristic bleating with its conjured-up images of dangers lurking around every corner, nurturing the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: As Canada Day Approaches
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ottawa Citizen: The cost of our security is not our privacy
At the human level, privacy is the most fundamental form of security. Speak out to commit all party leaders to repeal Bill C-51at KillC51.ca Article by Shannon Gormley Ever-benevolent in exactly the wrong ways, our federal government has given our national spy agency powers that no spy agency should have.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Like A Festering Pustule That Refuses To Heal
Perennial posterior pain K(T)ory Teneycke just won’t go away. Currently a Conservative Party campaign spokesman, he once again appears to be out of his depth. In the following video, which gets really interesting at the four-minute mark, a principled Tom Clark pursues the irritating gnat over his party’s use of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Watch Kory Teneycke Try to Explain Why the Cons Shouldn’t Be Arrested
As you may know the Cons have just released a new attack ad, which uses ISIS' images and music to attack Justin Trudeau.And should, according to the provisions of their own Bill C-51, cause the Cons to be arrested.But now you must really watch the Harperite stooge Kory Teneycke try
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Speaking Of Conservative Crime
It seems that our Prime Minister may have violated his own anti-terror law against terrorist imagery and propaganda. As reported by CTV, A new Conservative attack ad takes aim at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s position on the mission against the Islamic State, but it uses the terrorist group’s own horrifying
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Macleans: How Bill C-51 is clearly shaping the election
A new government could amend or repeal it before the end of this year. Let’s keep building opposition to C-51 until October and then let’s get it repealed: KillC51.ca Article by Aaron Wherry for Macleans C-51, the government’s anti-terrorism act, was given royal assent one week ago. Many provisions of the
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Will the really smart Trudeau – Sacha – please stand up?
Dear Justin, I was very disheartened to hear our current PM today distort your thoughtful positions on restoring diplomacy with Iran and pulling out of the bombing campaign in the Iraq-Syria joint civil war. That said: nice ad! I have to say though, th…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Will the really smart Trudeau – Sacha – please stand up?
Dear Justin, I was very disheartened to hear our current PM today distort your thoughtful positions on restoring diplomacy with Iran and pulling out of the bombing campaign in the Iraq-Syria joint civil war. That said: nice ad! I have to say though, that I was previously crestfallen to see
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Even CSIS didn’t need Bill C-51
Now we learn that even CSIS didn’t want the extreme privacy-undermining measures in Bill C-51. Speak out at KillC51.ca Article by CBC News The Conservative government alarmed privacy advocates by overhauling the law to give Canada’s spy agency easier access to federal data, even though the spies themselves said greater information-sharing
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Yahoo News: The fight against Bill C-51 is just beginning
We’ll make sure as many of the parties as possible commit to repeal Bill C-51. Speak out now at KillC51.ca Article by Sheena Goodyear for Yahoo News It may have already passed into law, but the fight against Bill C-51 is far from over. Sen. Mobina Jaffer, Canada’s first Muslim
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: iPolitics: It’s time for a social media rebellion, including Conservative voters, to #KillC51!
A version of this piece from principled conservative activist and OpenMedia community member Connie Fournier was originally published by iPolitics. The government’s unpopular Bill C-51 has finally become law, following a recent tight vote in the Senate. The vote, at 44 to 28, was closer than expected – almost all
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Fourniers Will Fight On!!!
Update (21 June 2015) – Connie Fournier and Mark Fournier, the only remaining defendants in this action have rejected an offer to settle of $1 in damages plus $2,500 costs each that I would donate to charity (outlined below). I suggest people remember this next time they ask for $.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians from coast to coast are speaking up!
Despite massive opposition from hundreds of thousands of everyday Canadians and the country’s top privacy experts, reckless Bill C-51 is now law. Bill C-51 violates our Charter rights and could lead to dangerous and unconstitutional measures. Above all, it underlines just how stark Canada’s privacy deficit has become. Throughout this whole process, over 275,000
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty
http://beamingnotes.com/ Stephen Harper wants to build a monument to the victims of Communism. Critics call it a misplaced monstrosity. But while those critics bemoan the ugliness
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