BREAKING: C-51
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- Published on Thursday, 22 June 2017 05:15
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Hey Paov,
just wanted to make sure you saw my email from Tuesday. We need your help to push our elected officials to fight for privacy protections in Ralph Goodale’s new national security bill. Our friends at Private Internet Access will triple your donation if you donate today.
Thanks again,
Victoria from OpenMedia
my original message below
BREAKING
Paov, Ralph Goodale has just FINALLY announced his government’s reforms... to C-51.
This is a huge day for the C-51 fight. These reforms (officially now part of Bill C-59) are aimed at finally addressing the concerns we’ve raised about Bill C-51 since it was first brought in over two years ago.1
There’s some good news: new measures that we fought hard for have been introduced. But it still doesn’t address many of the fundamental privacy concerns Canadians voiced in the consultation.2 And we need your help to get there.
Together we’ve protested, we’ve flooded their consultation with pro-privacy messages, and we’ve pushed ceaselessly for reforms. We've shown that pressure works and that we can win this.
To help us get this bill changed, our friends at Private Internet Access have agreed to triple your donation today.
We're building a tool to allow thousands of Canadians to send messages to their MPs at this crucial time. As the bill progresses through Parliament, we’ll need MPs to stand up for strong security and privacy measures, like protecting encryption and limiting out-of-control information sharing.
We need to act quickly. MPs are returning to their constituencies for the summer, and they have to hear from us first — before security agencies have a chance to be whispering in their ears.
We can’t afford to let MPs think that Canadians are happy with tinkering at the margins — and with your help, we’re going to make sure that everyone in Parliament knows to put forward serious amendments when debates resume in the fall.
Canadians have always been loud and clear about Bill C-51. You and I have demanded its full repeal, in addition to stronger privacy protections and oversight of what CSIS and other spy agencies can do.
And our pressure works: We’ve already secured welcome measures such as a new pan-government review body and a tighter definition of "terrorist propaganda”.
At every stage for the past two years, we’ve forced the government to listen to us. We’ve gotten them to admit what the majority of Canadians really think, and to take our concerns into account.3
With your support, let’s make sure we get this victory as well.
Thanks for all that you do,
Victoria at OpenMedia.
PS: OpenMedia has been fighting Bill C-51 from the start, and we’re committed to seeing this through. Private Internet Access is tripling all donations, so that your money will go that much further in helping us build the tools we need to fight for your rights. Can you chip in now to take advantage of this time-limited offer?
Footnotes
[1] The roses and the thorns of Canada’s new national security bill: Macleans
[2] National Security reforms: major step forward, but fail to tackle many of Bill C-51’s biggest Problems: OpenMedia
[3] Openmedia Delivered your views on Canada’s Bill C-51 to Minister Goodale: r32 If you no longer wish to receive our r46 to unsubscribe.