Eliminating domestic civil liberties isn't enough
The [U.S.] State Department report on global terrorism for 2002 suggests that while Canada has been helpful in the fight against terrorism, it doesn’t spend enough on policing and places too much emphasis on civil liberties. It says “some U.S. law enforcement officers have expressed concern” about Canadian privacy laws. The U.S. officers feel those laws, as well as funding levels for law enforcement, “inhibit a fuller and more timely exchange of information and response to requests for assistance,” the report says. “Also, Canadian laws and regulations intended to protect Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from government intrusion sometimes limit the depth of investigations.”
(Via Circadian Shift )
Yes, and there's this too:
http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/print.cgi?/2003/05/02/us_pot_rxn030502
We're just too free up here and have too many
rights and too much privacy. Don't worry tho,
we'll soon have a new prime minister that's right
in the U.S. pocket, and he'll be more than happy
to see that our rights are curtailed in parallel
with those in the U.S.
Been following a bit if this for my Montreal blog.
Posted by Kate M. on May 3 2003 12:37