Canadian Internet Snoop Law Proposal Unconstitutional

Canada, and its governing pols, are about to join the ranks of fascistic, totalitarian and appalling stupid governments in formerly democratic countries which have all opted for unwarranted spying on their citizens communications over the internet, especially through spying on emails.

What is more appalling is the strong likelihood that Canada's courts will approve the measures, employing sophistic [misleading and false] arguments and justifications for the gutting of our constitutional protections against governmental misbehaviour directed against privacy and communication rights. Our courts have, in the past, been only too willing to ignore our constitutional rights in favour of police-state powers on the pretext of countering terrorism, of pushing a feminist agenda, or on the pretext of "protecting" children. Certainly in regard to terrorism, it would not be too much to ask that spying on private communications should require the usual safeguards based on the obtaining or warrants from a court charged with the responsibility to ensure that some reasonable grounds exist for such spying.

The problem with giving the police and spy agencies "carte blanche" or the power to act arbitrarily and without reasonable grounds, is that, in the past, the police, as have other agencies of the state, have often not only failed to act with responsibility towards the protection of privacy rights, but, instead, have acted with utter disregard for same. As has been argued by civil rights guardians, such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, editorial writers, academics, and others, there are very adequate laws in effect in Canada which, if properly applied, give police and the state the means to counter terrorism and criminality without generalized spying on everyone. In fact, recent experience in dealing with examples of terrorist plotting has demonstrated the truth of such arguments.

One possible reason why this proposal will likely be enacted is the horde of lazy, ignorant and stupid politicians that infest our Parliament. It is well known, at least amongst those who make it their business to know, that complicated legislation containing potentially far-reaching and harmful provisions, is frequently passed by the politicians without being read in some cases, and in most cases, without being understood, and, in some cases with flagrant disregard for the harm that such legislation can lead to.

Since your writer is just an ordinary citizen, such comments as made in the preceding paragraph can be stated with little fear of reprisal. Consequently, I have not minced words. Please add your concerns to mine and attempt to stop the fools. Protests seem to have succeeded in Australia, where a similar proposal was defeated in the past several years.