Resolution of Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Privacy Enforcement Officials on Bills C-46 and C-47 CONTEXT The federal government tabled two pieces of legislation in June 2009 aimed at giving Canadian law enforcement, national security agencies and others (hereafter referred to as “authorities”) broader powers to acquire digital evidence to support their investigations. Bill C-46, the…
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Internet surveillance laws in Canada
The Canadian government has been trying to modernize its surveillance and wiretapping laws for years now, to take into account the growth of cellphone and internet communications. Canada’s current telephone wiretap laws are more than 30 years old. Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said in June 2009 that the current legal framework was designed…