Luka Rocco Magnotta alleged killing video shows need for new Internet surveillance laws: Vic Toews

[Catherina]

Source: National Post Staff (Canada)

National Post Staff Jun 11, 2012 – 12:12 PM ET

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says a video of a gruesome killing allegedly at the hands of Luka Rocco Magnotta which made its way online shows the need for the modernizing of Canadian criminal code in order to make obscenity charges stick.

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“It’s difficult making those charges stick when the law doesn’t really correspond to the modern technology,” he said.

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Many had written off as dead after the massive online backlash against it, which included the public posting of Toews’ nasty divorce proceedings.

Bill C-30 would create additional requirements for Internet service providers (ISPs) and expanded police powers. ISPs would be required to install surveillance equipment on their networks and keep records of what their customers are doing online and police would be allowed to obtain some of this information without any judicial oversight.

Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/11/luka-rocco-magnotta-alleged-killing-video-shows-need-for-new-internet-surveillance-laws-vic-toews/

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Internet surveillance bill not dead, Toews says

May 16, 2012

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is denying reports that the Harper government intends to quietly shelve its controversial online surveillance bill, C-30.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning, Toews insisted the legislation was moving ahead.

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When the bill was introduced in February, Toews said the legislation was necessary to protect Canadians from child pornography and organized crime. But although it mentions protecting children from predators in its title, there's no mention of child pornography in its actual text.

In the heat of the early debate on the bill, Toews told Liberal public safety critic Francis Scarpaleggia he could "either stand with us or with the child pornographers."

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Canada's warrantless surveillance bill is back, and bigger than ever, with surveillance powers for US gov't, too

Friday, Jun 8

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Vic Toews, far from backing down, is pushing for a renewed multi-faceted scheme to erode Canadians’ online privacy rights: Toews has been working on a deal with the U.S. known as “Perimeter Security”, which could lead to the U.S. government having access to your private data.2 Additionally, the Federal Budget for this year includes a plan to cut funding to the watchdog responsible for overseeing Canada's spy agency, CSIS.

All in all, Toews’ actions could lead Canada to become a large, recklessly-governed surveillance society.

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Wow, Toews sounds like a straight-up Republican.

"In the heat of the early debate on the bill, Toews told Liberal public safety critic Francis Scarpaleggia he could "either stand with us or with the child pornographers.""


That is pretty much straight out of their playbook.

[Catherina]

2. I like how the bill was dead in the water

and they're using this to give it new life when the real problem is that for years people were asking the police to look at Magnotta's accelerating deterioration especially after he posted the kitten snuff videos. Even after he posted 1 Lunatic 1 Ice pick and people took it to the police, they refused to look at him and said the film was a fake.

What good would more laws do them when they don't see it when you bring it directly to them and spell it all out?

Straight out of their playbook! The first thing I thought of was "you're with us or the terrorists".