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#Crowdsource C-51: taking back transparency
Victoria Henry | Bill C-51 is finally up for reform, after months of public consultations. But how do we know our feedback is being taken seriously? Presenting CrowdsourceC51.ca
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Bill C-51: Canadians won't accept tinkering at the margins
Victoria Henry | Our own Victoria Henry argues that Canadians deserve better than Bill C-51 -- we deserve our privacy back.
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OpenMedia meeting with Public Safety emphasized the importance of a genuine consultation on C-51
Meghan Sali | Your OpenMedia team met with top officials at Public Safety Canada about Bill C-51 -- and we had lots to say!
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'The Picture of Justin Trudeau': One year later, Liberals still masters of the façade
J. Baglow | A year later, and the Conservative government's agenda has accelerated. But Justin remains as popular as ever -- and strangely ageless.
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Laura Tribe testifying at C-51 public hearings in Vancouver
Marie Aspiazu | OpenMedia's Executive Director testified at yesterday's C-51 public hearings in Vancouver on behalf of 300,000+ Canadians who have spoken out against the unpopular Harper legislation.
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Trudeau continues Harper assault on human rights
Matthew Behrens | Those still intoxicated by the dream of a world without Harper don't want the fresh perfume of Trudeaumania to be erased by the cold facts of reality. But it's time to acknowledge some hard truths.
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New committee will oversee spies: Start of a C-51 overhaul?
Karl Nerenberg | The Trudeau government will set up a parliamentary committee to oversee all security and intelligence activities. But that will be just the beginning of fixing what is wrong with C-51.
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Adopting U.K. model won't be enough for Canada to address spy oversight woes
David Christopher | Minister Goodale's plan to adopt the U.K.'s model of spy agency oversight leaves a lot of key questions unanswered.
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Top five digital issues MPs are facing as Parliament resumes
David Christopher | Canada's Parliament is back in session, and MPs have a number of crucial digital rights issues on their plate.
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Liberals take first step to amending C-51. What comes next?
Karl Nerenberg | The Liberals pushed the need for parliamentary oversight of security agencies hard during the C-51 debate. But their objections to C-51 did not start and end with the lack of oversight.
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Throne Speech is most notable for what it does not say
Karl Nerenberg | Justin Trudeau's team chose the route of generalities and platitudes in its Throne Speech. The exceptions are committing to the inquiry on missing Indigenous women and to ending first-past-the-post.
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It's time for Trudeau to talk with Canadians about C-51
Laura Tribe | The new government should consult widely before introducing its proposed reforms.