[This is strong language. Read it. It shows that a privacy czar writing about government intrusions can be a powerful advocate for liberty. --Declan] --- Subject: Canada's PRivacy Commissioner's Annual Report released Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:24:29 -0800 Message-ID: <459F05C5CBAB824BB3DD965CC92BBFEA017215F8at_private> From: "Chris Brand" <Chris_Brandat_private> To: <declanat_private> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Declan, Don't know whether you've already seen this : http://www.privcom.gc.ca/information/ar/02_04_10_e.asp The first couple of paragraphs look like this : It is my duty, in this Annual Report, to present a solemn and urgent warning to every Member of Parliament and Senator, and indeed to every Canadian: The fundamental human right of privacy in Canada is under assault as never before. Unless the Government of Canada is quickly dissuaded from its present course by Parliamentary action and public insistence, we are on a path that may well lead to the permanent loss not only of privacy rights that we take for granted but also of important elements of freedom as we now know it. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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