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Canada is about to end private digital conversation — Bill C-22 (dontsurveil.me)

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[-] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

If it gets to the courts we're probably lost.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

These aren't American courts.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

No it is Canadian courts where the supreme court judges no longer wear those cute red dresses, they have some new lighter ones.

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Section 8 of the Charter "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure"

I've heard from experts that bulk collection of metadata violates section 8.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Retention of metadata may not even be considered a search or seizure, it's unclear to me how likely it is that it might be declared "reasonable", taking it to the supreme court would require many years of work during which irreparable harm would be done, and whichever parts of the law were struck down it's likely that others would stand — and every part of it is irredeemable.

The whole bill is so blunt, crude, and stupid that I think there's hope that it might be somehow arranged that it gets stuck in committee until it's forgotten about.