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minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-216 hours agoUntil recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2: Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF) They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns: Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International) So Canada’s government is talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.
Until recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2:
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF)
They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns:
Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International)
So Canada’s government is talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.