The Internet surveillance legislation sponsored by Public Safety
Minister Vic Toews has disappeared down a dark legislative hole. For all
intents and purposes, the bill is dead.
If the Harper government
still wants to pass a law that would make it easier for police to track
people who use the web to commit crimes, it will have to start from
scratch.
That new bill, if there is one, will probably be shepherded by a
different minister. That’s how much damage this botched legislation
inflicted on the government and on Mr. Toews.
Bill C-30, also
known as the lawful access legislation, would allow police to compel
Internet service providers to cough up identifying information about
anyone using the Internet.
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