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  • Also if Canadian, join the CCLA. They are the ones fighting for these rights.

    https://ccla.org/

    by adamgordonbell
  • > also expand the sharing of Canadians’ personal data with foreign law enforcement, including the United States. Canada has been negotiating a cross-border data-sharing agreement with the U.S. that would allow American police to get information about Canadian internet users without any Canadian court oversight.

    This is actually even more amazing to me that with all the talk of data sovereignty, the EU and Canada are still negotiating reciprocal Cloud Act treaties that will give the US government warrantless access to basically all digital services and communications. The UK and Australia have already codified these agreements with the US.

    Trump's loud mouth brought these issues to the forefront, but really it seems like everyone is just waiting for it to blow over when he's gone in 2 years and then it's back to usual.

    by petcat
  • It's very rare for the senate to kill a bill. I would say that we alreadt ran out of time.
    by matteoraso
  • Dear Canada,

    Please cease this kind of behavior immediately. We're supposed to be the only dumbshits around here.

    Yours truly,

    'Merica

    by geephroh
  • If the bill isn't dramatically changed or killed, all the major messaging services along with tons of other services will end up blocking Canada.
    by EmbarrassedHelp
  • The meta analysis on this is is quite interesting HN tends to have a positive opinion on modern Canada. They then find it difficult to understand why it moves towards a tech dystopia.

    How will these HNers square the circle of their cognitive dissonance.

    Read the above to find out!

    by petermcneeley
  • The petition to withdraw and amend the bill was presented to the House of Commons today [1]. People whining about how there's nothing they can do basically don't engage in democracy and thats how you end up in a US situation..

    [1] https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Peti...

    by zaptheimpaler
  • We have a version of this law in India which is even worse and has been used extensively by the govt to crack down on dissent and to do wholesale censoring of content that the establishment doesn't like.

    All of this is done with ZERO due process - even the minimal due process that has been built into these draconian laws.

    by pkphilip

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