With the precipitous decline of democracy in the United States, it is all too easy to ignore that Canada’s democracy is in decline as well. We ignore the signs at our peril.
Twenty-one civil liberties organizations, privacy groups and individual experts expressed their deep alarm that, late last night, the federal government cut off debate at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on the very controversial Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act. Bill C-22 raises very significant privacy and security concerns, including that it will: