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By OpenMedia.ca, on February 22, 2012, at 2:39 pm
From CBC.ca
It’s going to cost at least $80 million to implement the government’s lawful access bill to force internet and telecommunications service providers to collect customer information in case police need it for an investigation, CBC News has learned.
C-30, a bill to update Canadian law when it comes to crimes committed online, will cost $20 million a year for the first four years and $6.7 million a year after that, Public Safety Canada told the CBC’s Hannah Thibedeau on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews wouldn’t provide any more information about the costs.
– Syndicated from http://openmedia.ca
By Jymn, on February 22, 2012, at 2:36 pm Hilarious (and appropriate) short video of a Santorum speech just last night. I knew you had it in you, Rick.
– Syndicated from http://letfreedomrain.blogspot.com/
By leftdog, on February 22, 2012, at 2:17 pm
“Satan is targeting the United States. Satan has done so by attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition. This is a spiritual war, and the father of lies has his sights on what you would think the father of lies, Satan, would have his sights on? A good, decent, powerful, influential country. The United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age? There is no
– Syndicated from http://buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com/
By Matt Guerin, on February 22, 2012, at 2:15 pm I heartily agree with Xtra’s Andrea Houston about Don Drummond’s glaring omission in his report last week, which could be nicknamed ‘How to cut inefficiencies and duplications in the Ontario government except those inefficiencies and duplications that might require a constitutional amendment and a little fortitude to take on historic inequities.’
It’s offensive that Drummond could argue that class sizes should be increased, education workers be fired, and other major cutbacks be endured by all systems rather than address this obvious inequity of funding one religion’s public schools, but not others.
I’m sure there were some issues that
– Syndicated from http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/
By Rev.Paperboy, on February 22, 2012, at 2:09 pm ‘Backpfeifengesicht’ (Back-fie-fen-ge- zischt.)1. German, literally “a face that cries out for a fist in it’
Example:
Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed – Syndicated from http://kevinswoodshed.blogspot.com/
By James C Morton, on February 22, 2012, at 1:48 pm R. v. L.C.T., 2012 ONCA 116 is a good example of a mechanical application of the test for admission of fresh evidence on appeal:
[25] The four-part test for the admission of fresh evidence on appeal is set out in R. v. Palmer, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759. To be admitted, the appellant must show that the evidence (1) could not have been obtained by due diligence before the trial (though this is not always required in the criminal context); (2) is relevant to a decisive or potentially decisive issue; (3) is reasonably capable of belief;
– Syndicated from http://jmortonmusings.blogspot.com/
By OpenMedia.ca, on February 22, 2012, at 1:40 pm
From The National Post
Reaction to the Conservatives’ lawful access bill, which was tabled in the House last Tuesday, has been fierce – and the government appears to be getting the message. On Wednesday, it announced the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act would be sent to committee, where MPs will have the opportunity to make substantial changes. But this bill is so flawed, it is hard to see how the government could amend it enough to arrive at a version that respects the right to privacy that law-abiding Canadians should be able to expect.
read more
– Syndicated from http://openmedia.ca
By The Mound of Sound, on February 22, 2012, at 1:36 pm As an avid motorcyclist I get plenty of e-mail from suppliers of bike parts and accessories. Some of them throw in freebie teasers. Today I got a taser teaser. Really.
California based A&S Powersports is offering a combo-flashlight/stun gun free with any order over – wait for it – twenty bucks.
I’m pretty sure possessing this sort of thing is completely illegal in Canada but, hey, twenty lousy bucks and you get this damned thing free? Then again the flashlight probably isn’t very good. – Syndicated from http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/
By Adam, on February 22, 2012, at 1:09 pm Here’s a quick, short, and inspiring TED Talk from the founder of TreeHugger about getting rid of material things can bring happiness to your life.
– Syndicated from http://www.thingsaregood.com
By The Mound of Sound, on February 22, 2012, at 1:09 pm When is this madness going to stop? This time it’s Britain. There Judge David Farrell sentenced two men convicted of raping an 11-year old to just 40-months imprisonment. The judge accepted their claim that she “looked 14″ and gave them a reduced sentence on finding the child was a “willing participant” even though she was five years shy of the age of consent.
Judge Farrell said there were exceptional features to the case which led him to reduce the sentences to 40 months.
The two men had maintained they believed the girl was at least 14, and,
. . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: Judge Lenient Because 11-Year Old Rape Victim Was "Willing" – Syndicated from http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/
By CuriosityCat, on February 22, 2012, at 1:09 pm Harper’s Tory government has announced that Canada has a problem: not enough workers in future years to support pensions and old age security payments to seniors: As if that weren’t enough, the budget will also unveil the Conservatives’ plans for raising the retirement age for Old Age Security. The Tories maintain that the OAS is fiscally unsustainable unless younger workers delay their retirement beyond 65. But what is the new retirement age to be, and when will the new rules kick in?
The arithmetic used by Harper’s government is correct: there will be fewer people working compared to those not . . . → Read More: CuriosityCat: The solution for Canada’s pensions problem: More Canadians – Syndicated from http://puzzledcat.blogspot.com/
By Boris, on February 22, 2012, at 12:42 pm – Syndicated from http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/
By David Eaves, on February 22, 2012, at 12:33 pm Some of you know I’ve written a fair bit on Google transit and how it is reshaping public transit – this blog post in particular comes to mind. For more reading I encourage you to check out the Xconomy article Google Transit: How (and Why) the Search Giant is Remapping Public Transportation as it provides a lot of good details as to what is going on in this space.
Two things about this article:
First, it really is a story about how the secret sauce for success is combining open data with a common standard across jurisdictions. The fact that
. . . → Read More: eaves.ca: More on Google Transit and how it is Reshaping a Public Service – Syndicated from http://eaves.ca
By mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys, on February 22, 2012, at 12:28 pm The best part of good customer service is anticipating problems and solving them BEFORE they happen. Alltop likes to watch.
– Syndicated from http://markarayner.com
By The Mound of Sound, on February 22, 2012, at 12:07 pm Israeli F-16 Showing Seven Syrian Aerial Victories and the Bombing of Iraq’s Osirik Reactor.
Iran has warned it may strike pre-emptively in the face of persistent threats of imminent attack by Israeli or the United States’ forces.
It sort of sounds like George w. Bush’s reasoning when he attacked and temporarily conquered Iraq under the smokescreen of danger of imminent attack from Iraqi WMDs that, of course, were non-existent.
The big difference here is that those menacing Tehran do have plenty of WMDs, both of them, and there’s even been talk of using such weapons to take
. . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: Well, This Is Awkward – Syndicated from http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com/
By AppalledBC, on February 22, 2012, at 12:01 pm It’s important to make a moral distinction between the actions of Vikileaks30 and Anonymous – the latter’s actions clearly constituting an overt and hostile threat – instead of lumping them together, as some eager journalists have, in sanctimonious indignation. The effect if not the intention of Vikileaks30′s tweets was to remind Mr. Toews that whether scandalous, innocuous, or publicly verifiable, the revelation of personal information is disturbing if not downright hurtful. In effect, since you want to toews others, invade their privacy without proper oversight, this is what it’s like to be toewed. Your privacy has been invaded without proper oversight. I have no moral
. . . → Read More: Politics and Entertainment: Moral Distinctions Matter in the Toews-Social Media Brouhaha – Syndicated from http://politicsandentertainment.blogspot.com/
By Dr.Dawg, on February 22, 2012, at 11:58 am
The Globe and Mail ventures into metaphysics this morning, with predictably disastrous results.
Children who are conceived with an egg or sperm donor should have the right to know their biological origins. The quest for this knowledge is really a quest to know themselves.
…Research shows that depriving children of the ability to access their genetic backgrounds can cause them psychological harm.
This is, not to put too fine a point upon it, balderdash. And I think I know who its wicked stepmother is.
Some time ago, McGill University’s Empress of Ethics, Margaret Somerville, handed down another one of her
. . . → Read More: Dawg’s Blawg (Blog): The metaphysics of IVF – Syndicated from http://drdawgsblawg.ca/
By LeDaro, on February 22, 2012, at 11:50 am
I have often heard people complaining about hospital emergency rooms -how long it takes and that care given is substandard. However, if the patients are puppies then the situation is different. They get the best treatment.“…two sick dogs from Corpus Christi, Texas, made their way to a human hospital and waited patiently in the lobby, KIII TV reports.….This isn’t the first time a furry friend has figured out how to get the help and attention of humans.”….According to the station, hospital staff treated the “emaciated” pups, and a doctor carried them to the station’s
– Syndicated from http://ledaro.blogspot.com/
By pogge, on February 22, 2012, at 11:36 am In an op-ed at the Globe and Mail, Adam Goldenberg considers those provisions of Bill C-30 that would free the police from the need to seek warrants where warrants are currently required. In the context of other Harper Government™ initiatives Goldenberg sees a pattern.
The Conservatives apparently see judges as an obstacle to effective police work; the purpose of the proposed legislation is to get them out of the way.
This is part of a pattern. Within months of the 2006 election, the government introduced legislation to limit judges’ use of conditional sentences and impose mandatory minimums for gun crimes.
. . . → Read More: Peace, order and good government, eh?: QOTD: On taking the "activist" out of "activist judges" – Syndicated from http://www.pogge.ca/
By Jeff Jedras, on February 22, 2012, at 11:28 am Leadership races are always places for amusing and nonsensical spin, and the current NDP race is no exception with some participants warning against a supposedly deadly, but entirely fictional, new malady: Dion syndrome.
Named for former Liberal leader Stephane Dion, it’s meant to describe the horror of a candidate that finished third on the first ballot going on to win because of their strong second-choice support. Or in other words, winning because more members like them than like the other choices.
Here it is in common ussage:
* An NDP MP is warning party members to be wary of the
. . . → Read More: A BCer in Toronto: “Dion syndrome” is revisionist history masking self-interest – Syndicated from http://bcinto.blogspot.com/
By Mary Soderstrom, on February 22, 2012, at 11:21 am Extra-billing and kick-backs to doctors in Quebec have been in the news these last couple of days. First the Quebec College of Physicians charged that at least two cardiologists have been accepting “envelopes of cash” to push patients up the waiting list for surgery. Equally as bad, the College alleges that doctors have been directing patients to the private sector by saying that the waiting lists in public facilities are too long.
Next the agency which governs the health care system in this province, the Régie des assurances maladie du Québec, has revealed the results of an investigaton of a
. . . → Read More: Recreating Eden: Extra Billing: Thousands of Dollars Paid by Patients at Montreal Private Clinic – Syndicated from http://marysoderstrom.blogspot.com/
By The Common Sense Canadian home page, on February 22, 2012, at 11:18 am The race for BC to become a world leader in new clean energy production was over long ago, when Government and the private power sector blew their wager on run-of-river technology…The wisdom of these directives, including expectations for new clean energy to supply economic expansion, and the implications for BC ratepayers will be considered here in the context of the Kokish run-of-river private power project. This project provides an excellent opportunity to assess glaring deficiencies, blatant collusion, and unacceptable costs for both ratepayers and the general public.
– Syndicated from http://thecanadian.org
By Edstock, on February 22, 2012, at 11:18 am ACCORDING TO THE YOUNG TURKS, The American Life League released an absurd (and unintentionally hilarious) propaganda video meant to smear Planned Parenthood. Enjoy. Is Planned Parenthood’s gateway drug masturbation? Is their goal to create sex addicts? – Syndicated from http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/
By Alison, on February 22, 2012, at 11:03 am So remember how the Cons withdrew their just-tabled internet surveillance bill, the Lawful Access Act, on Feb 14 and replaced it an hour and 15 minutes later with the identical but renamed Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, a bill which mentions neither children nor predators?
Coincidentally, the US Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – sponsored by Texas teabaggin’ Rep. Lamar Smith who also sponsored the Stop Online Piracy Act, another internet spying bill – has 39 co-sponsors and is heading off to the US House of Representatives for debate.
Good thing ours has that
. . . → Read More: Dawg’s Blawg (Blog): Skynet : Connecting the surveillance dots – Syndicated from http://drdawgsblawg.ca/
By kirbycairo, on February 22, 2012, at 10:52 am In an act of what they used to, in the old days of Marxists discourse, call “revolutionary defeatism” I have a perverse kind of hope that the Conservative regime will indeed pass its crime bill as well as spend useless billions on ridiculous fighter-jets. These two policies are so hopelessly misguided and fiscally irresponsible that they will guarantee the defeat of this incompetent government at the next election. This tragic-comic regime is so aggressively stupid that they think that outrageously irresponsible policies that are attractive to their uneducated, cynical base will keep them in power regardless of how badly they will bankrupt the nation
. . . → Read More: kirbycairo: Revolutionary Defeatism. . . . – Syndicated from http://kirbycairo.blogspot.com/
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