This is a fight we must not lose.
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- Published on Monday, 22 September 2014 10:40
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This is a fight we must not lose
For more than a year, people all over the world have been shocked by revelation after revelation of governments’ mass spying on private citizens. Despite huge public outcry, there has been no meaningful action from Canada’s government to account for, or to stop, mass suspicionless surveillance. We can't let this issue fade away.
There is so much at stake
This new video reveals how information collected by Canada's communications spy agency CSEC (Communications Security Establishment Canada) can expose intimate details about Canadians’ private lives, including medical conditions, political and religious beliefs, and even their sexual orientation.
We hope you'll share this video to encourage every Canadian to take seriously the very real dangers presented by unchecked surveillance.
Where does our personal information go?
One of the things we think Canadians should be most concerned about is the unaccountable sharing of our personal information with groups outside of Canada.
In a new post for the National Security Blog, BCCLA Senior Counsel Carmen Cheung highlights the recommendations of the Arar Inquiry – made over eight years ago – because Canada has yet to adopt a prohibition against information disclosure where there is a substantial risk that it would result in torture. In fact, quite the opposite has happened: in July 2011, Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews issued a memo authorizing disclosure of information to foreign agencies even in cases where such cooperation carries substantial risk that someone will be tortured.
We can't stop now
Let's show Canada's government that public outrage over out of control spying is not going to fade. Please take a moment to view and share this new video with people you know.
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Sincerely,
Josh Paterson, Executive Director, and the BC Civil Liberties Association
