National Post: In the new Canada, the web browses you

Thanks to the hard work of the pro-Internet community and the Stop Online Spying Coalition, word is really starting to get out about the government's costly and poorly thought-out online spying scheme.

Jesse Klein's article in the National Post notes today: ‎

...who’s going to pay for big brother to spy on us? [...] taxpayers will likely be forced to shoulder some of the burden and the rest of it will fall on private businesses. Smaller ISPs could even be driven out of business, which is not a good thing in a market that is already uncompetitive.

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If the bill becomes law, it will have the same effect as the gun registry in Canada — violating the rights of law-abiding citizens, while criminals find ways to avoid it entirely. It will be easy enough for individuals intent on committing crimes to log onto the public wi-fi network at the local coffee shop, or use a cellular network (wireless carriers were able to lobby their way out of the bill). There are also plenty of freely available software tools that can encrypt data and facilitate anonymous activities.

We at OpenMedia.ca hope the Conservative government gets the message, and understands that Canadians will not stand for this costly invasion of our privacy.

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Read the full article HERE.

Canadians can sign the Stop Online Spying petition HERE, and can spread the word on Facebook by clicking HERE.

Thanks to Andrew Cichocki for posting this article to the OpenMedia.ca Facebook page.