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Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record
- Breakthrough for
Privacy Rights: The Privacy Commissioner of Canada today issued the
following statement, and made public the following letter from the
Minister of National Revenue, regarding changes to what he has previously
described as the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency's "Big Brother"
database.
(April 9, 2003)
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada's
Appearance before the Subcommittee on National Security of the Standing
Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Ottawa, Ontario
(February 10, 2003)
- The Commonwealth Centre for Electronic
Governance sent the following letter to the Prime Minister supporting
the concerns outlined by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in his
Annual Report.
(February 10, 2003)
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner
of Ontario sent the following letter to the Minister of National Revenue
regarding the CCRA "Big Brother" database of Canadians' foreign travel
patterns.
(February 4, 2003)
- The Canadian Labour Congress issued
the following news release supporting the Privacy Commissioner's concerns
expressed in his 2001-2002 Annual Report to Parliament.
(January 31, 2003)
- The International Civil Liberties
Monitoring Group issued the following news release supporting the
Privacy Commissioner's concerns expressed in his 2001-2002 Annual
Report to Parliament.
(January 31, 2003)
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner
for British Columbia sent the following letter to the Prime Minister
on the subject of the federal Privacy Commissioner's Annual Report.
(January 31, 2003)
- The Privacy Commissioner
of Canada today sent the following letter to the Minister of National
Revenue with a legal opinion from the Hon. Marc Lalonde, P.C., O.C.,
Q.C., former Minister of Justice of Canada, which is the third opinion
from an eminent legal authority finding that the CCRA "Big Brother"
database is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
(January 9, 2003)
- The Privacy Commissioner
of Canada today sent the following letter to the Minister of National
Revenue, with a copy to the Prime Minister, regarding the Minister's
attack on the Commissioner's position on CCRA's "Big Brother" database
of Canadians' foreign travel patterns.
(December 18, 2002)
- The Privacy Commissioner
of Canada today sent the following letter to the Minister of National
Revenue with legal opinions from retired Supreme Court Justice Hon.
Gérard V. La Forest, C.C., Q.C. and from Mr. Roger Tassé,
O.C., Q.C. which both find that the CCRA database is contrary to the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
(November 22, 2002)
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner
of Ontario sent the following letter to the Minister of National Revenue
on the issue of CCRA's Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name
Record program.
(November 22, 2002)
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner
for British Columbia sent the following letter to the Minister of
National Revenue on the issue of CCRA's Advance Passenger Information/Passenger
Name Record program.
(November 22, 2002)
- National Post columnist
Andrew Coyne supports the position of the Privacy Commissioner of
Canada on a number of federal government anti-terrorism initiatives,
including plans for a "Big Brother" database of Canadians' foreign
travel patterns, Bill C-17 and plans for a national ID card.
(November 15, 2002)
- In an unprecendented statement
of support, seven of Canada's provincial and territorial Information
and Privacy Commissioners have issued the following joint letter urging
the federal government to heed the concerns of the Privacy Commissioner
of Canada regarding both the Public Safety Act and CCRA's plans
to establish a "Big Brother" database on the foreign travel
activities of all law-abiding Canadians.
(November 13, 2002)
- News release issued by public
interest groups across Canada supporting the position of the Privacy
Commissioner of Canada on CCRA's plans to establish a massive "Big
Brother" database on the foreign travel activities of all law-abiding
Canadians.
(November 13, 2002)
- Public interest groups from across
Canada sent the following letter to the Minister of National Revenue
supporting the position of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on CCRA's
plans to establish a massive "Big Brother" database on the
foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians.
(November 13, 2002)
- The Canadian Civil Liberties Association
sent the following letter to the Minister of National Revenue regarding
CCRA's plans for a massive "Big Brother" database on the
foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians.
(November 13, 2002)
- Letter from the Information and
Privacy Commissioner of Alberta to the Minister of National Revenue
supporting the position of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on CCRA's
plans to establish a massive "Big Brother" database on the
foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians
(October 11, 2002)
- News release issued by the Ligue
des droits et libertés supporting the position of the
Privacy Commissioner of Canada on CCRA's plans to establish a massive
"Big Brother" database on the foreign travel activities
of all law-abiding Canadians
(October 7, 2002)
- Letter from the Information and
Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia to the Minister of National
Revenue supporting the position of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
on CCRA's plans to establish a massive "Big Brother" database
on the foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians
(October 3, 2002)
- Letter from the Information and
Privacy Commissioner of Ontario to the Minister of National Revenue
supporting the position of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on CCRA's
plans to establish a massive "Big Brother" database on the
foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians
(September 30, 2002)
- Editorial in Toronto Star
supporting the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's position on CCRA's
plans to establish a "Big Brother" database on the foreign
travel activities of law-abiding Canadians
(September 30, 2002)
- Privacy Commissioner
of Canada criticizes CCRA's plans for "Big Brother" database
(September 26, 2002)
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