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Federal government prying going too far

Apparently, the long-form census was too personally intrusive.

To the Editor,

Apparently, the long-form census was too personally intrusive.

The long-gun registry was a violation of personal information. But monitoring absolutely everything you do on the Internet is perfectly fine.

This is the logic of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and the rest of the Conservative government.

They want to be able to see every single connection that your computer makes. Without a warrant.

In fact, it is so important to Toews that he told us we can either stand with his government on this proposed legislation, or with the child pornographers.

Whatever happened to the “don’t treat ordinary Canadians like criminals” rhetoric the Tories spouted during the gun reigstry debate?

A government that was so concerned about public privacy a few weeks ago is now trying to spy on everything you do online.

This is esentially the definition of political hypocrisy.

Should we fear more of this invasion of privacy, or some other kind of Harper hypocrisy next?

Bryan Crockett

Duncan