TORONTO, May 28, 2014 – Members of the public, academics, and lawyers are exceedingly frustrated at hearing the same type of rhetoric from federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay. Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, is deeply disturbed by the intransigence of his refusal to remove the sweeping surveillance provisions from Bill C-13. If […]

Mass surveillance revelations have exposed the risks of unchecked spying powers and demonstrated the need for strong oversight of CSEC TORONTO, ON (January 28, 2014) – Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, commends the efforts of Edward Snowden to preserve civil liberties and encourages Canadians to follow suit by insisting upon greater transparency […]

Toronto, ON, January 15, 2014 — The Edward Snowden revelations have highlighted how little Canadians know about their own government’s surveillance operations. The questionable activities of the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) and its “Five Eyes” partner, the NSA, have shown that we are vulnerable to both indiscriminate data collection and warrantless surveillance. There has […]