This is an awful story. One thing that seems glaringly obvious: the police does NOT need additional snooping powers on the Internet - they simply have to learn to use what's already available. Yet, politicians will likely soon claim that they need more such power that anonymous supposedly have.
Emperor Harper doesn't need a reason to increase Federal censorship and policing powers. He does it fine all by his lonesome already.
If anyone is curious, read Michael Geist's (http://www.michaelgeist.ca/) blog for more details and intelligent commentary on the political details regarding current Canadian digital rights/copyright/surveillance schmucks that Emperor Harper and his Goon Cabinet are hatching up.
Emperor Harper? Goon Cabinet? Is Reddit leaking or something? What a bunch of crap. You know Michael Geist had a ton of very positive things to say about C-11 [1], right? You didn't want to link directly to that commentary, though. I wonder why?
Perhaps you need a refresher. When Bill C-11 was introduced, it was a CARBON COPY of Bill C-32, of which Mr. Geist did not give a very flattering review at all:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6031/125/
How about this piece:
"In other words, virtually every education group and provincial education minister in Canada - along with major businesses and retailers - have joined with librarians, archivists, and documentary film makers to oppose the government's position on digital locks."
So, in other words, even their corporate business overlords thought their puppet underlying Harper & Goon Co. were over acting.
It was after a lot of petitioning and citizen activism that the amendments to the bills were made enough so that it was passed. I even petitioned my MP, so I'd consider myself part of the solution. To be fair, Emperor Harper at least had the decency to not shove it down everyone's throat, though he very easily could have done so with a majority party.
And Reddit? Seriously? I don't even go on that filth of a site, so please, why don't you go back to "The Frontpage of the Internet" (or whatever the heck they brand themselves these days)?
It is unclear to me why you think a criticism of a bill at introduction should outweigh praise of the same bill at adoption. Do you understand how legislation is made? Have you heard of political process? Here is a refresher: someone proposes a bill, people debate it, changes are made and incorporated into the bill. This cycle repeats a few times (usually 3). Then a final vote is held. If the yeas overwhelm the nays, the bill passes. Otherwise, the bill fails.
After going through this process, C-11 (which was absolutely NOT a carbon copy of anything in its final form) passed. Michael Geist then wrote the piece I linked explaining why there were a lot of great provisions in bill C-11.
You sound like a teenager who has just learned to rebel against his parents' political views. The nickname "Harper & Goon Co." is not part of a reasonable discussion of Canadian politics. Your points don't make any sense.
