Canada unveils new cyber monitoring rules
AFP
February 14, 2012
Canada’s government Tuesday introduced a bill to give law enforcement authorities sweeping powers to probe online communications, but the move sparked criticism about threats to privacy.
“New technologies provide new ways of committing crimes, making them more difficult to investigate,” Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told a press conference in unveiling the measure.
“This legislation will enable authorities to keep pace with rapidly changing technology.”
Opposition parties and civil liberties groups, however, said new police powers contained in the bill could result in unreasonable searches and seizures.
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