The following is an update e-mail I received today.  I hope that more will sign the petition and tell your friends about it  The response from Toews is typical of the Harper government, and in particular Mr Harper himself.  He uses any tactics that he thinks will get people to buckle down.  But we have to push back with the typical “Hell NO, we won’t go!!!”  As Christian Nadeau, a professor at l’Université de Montréal and author of Rogue in Power says, Harper is remaking Canada by stealth, and this is how!  Please SIGN THE PETITION, Canadians and Americans alike, at the end of the original article on Politics Plus.  Thanks

“Over 106,000 of you have spoken out against online spying1, but Public Safety Minister Vic Toews still isn’t getting the message. Toews recently suggested that anyone opposed to his legislation (that’s you) is standing with child pornographers. Those critics include 8 in 10 Canadians2 (again, you) and all thirteen of Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons3—everyone who is against warrantless access to our private information.

Toews is using disgusting tactics and misleading Canadians4. We need to scale up our public pressure campaign to stop him and his online spying plan.

Toews’ comments appear to be part of a coordinated effort to use the safety of children as political cover5, and we need to scale up our efforts to stop it. Instead of apologizing or committing to meaningful changes to the bill, Vic Toews is unleashing a PR storm with the same old talking points.

With your help, we can tell Toews:

- It’s not okay use our fears against us. We’ll fight back with local actions in key ridings across the country.
- It’s not okay to mislead Canadians. We’ll push for meaningful changes to this bill with targeted online ads.
- It’s not okay to invade our personal privacy. We’ll launch a sophisticated online video to ensure Canadians know what Vic Toews is doing.

P.S. We can’t let this truly offensive charade go unchallenged. It’s disgusting, and quite frankly immoral and un-Canadian.

Footnotes
[1] Over 106K Canadians have added their names to the petition at http://StopSpying.ca

[2] A survey from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada indicates that vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying.

[3] See this letter to Public Safety Canada from Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons

[4] See the CBC article, Online surveillance bill opens door for Big Brother

[5] See the Postmedia article, Can you spot the difference on “lawful access” bill?”

“Over 106,000 of you have spoken out against online spying1, but Public Safety Minister Vic Toews still isn’t getting the message. Toews recently suggested that anyone opposed to his legislation (that’s you) is standing with child pornographers. Those critics include 8 in 10 Canadians2 (again, you) and all thirteen of Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons3—everyone who is against warrantless access to our private information.

Toews is using disgusting tactics and misleading Canadians4. We need to scale up our public pressure campaign to stop him and his online spying plan.

Toews’ comments appear to be part of a coordinated effort to use the safety of children as political cover5, and we need to scale up our efforts to stop it. Instead of apologizing or committing to meaningful changes to the bill, Vic Toews is unleashing a PR storm with the same old talking points.

With your help, we can tell Toews:

- It’s not okay use our fears against us. We’ll fight back with local actions in key ridings across the country.
- It’s not okay to mislead Canadians. We’ll push for meaningful changes to this bill with targeted online ads.
- It’s not okay to invade our personal privacy. We’ll launch a sophisticated online video to ensure Canadians know what Vic Toews is doing.

P.S. We can’t let this truly offensive charade go unchallenged. It’s disgusting, and quite frankly immoral and un-Canadian.

Footnotes
[1] Over 106K Canadians have added their names to the petition at http://StopSpying.ca

[2] A survey from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada indicates that vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying.

[3] See this letter to Public Safety Canada from Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons

[4] See the CBC article, Online surveillance bill opens door for Big Brother

[5] See the Postmedia article, Can you spot the difference on “lawful access” bill?”

..It would appear that replacing the solar panels on the residential part of the White House would be an easy beginning.  What is holding up the action.?

And why did Reagan remove Carter’s additive in the first place?.  We can only assume it was the pressure from those that are profiting from oil and gas industries.  So, what can we do to stop them from stomping on the common good that will reap immediate benefits and repay us long into the future?