>>>>My fear is that in the future, after enough freedoms have been subtracted, you won't be able to tell the difference.
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>>>What freedom(s) have been "subtracted" so far in you opinion?
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>>Remember when the police couldn't just walk into a person's house without a warrant? Remember when a person used to be able to consult a lawyer if he/she were detained? Remember when they used to have to charge a person with something in a reasonable time or drop it? In fact, remember when they used to have to have a valid reason for throwing a person in jail - trials, judges, juries, that sort of stuff?
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>>I consider those lost personal freedoms and I wonder what's next; curfews?
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>>>BTW, why do you care. You're a Canadian? ;)
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>>Ah, that I am, but in the realm of personal freedoms, where the U.S. leads, I fear Canada will one day follow. I don't believe our fearless leaders are any more in love with the concept of personal freedoms for anyone but themselves any more than yours are. Beside, who wants to live next door to a police state?
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>Alan,
>I never dug into it, but there had to be some good reason why the Commissioner of the RCMP made negative public statements about OUR equivalent of the Patriot Act going too far.
>I suspect that bills C36, C-42 and C-7 combine to be as restrictive here as the Patrior Act does the U.S.

One incident like Maher Arar is enough, but unfortunately, it is not just one. We ship them to the U.S. who ships them to Syria to be tortured. We say, "Who knew???". The U.S. says, "Who knew???". Wanna make any guesses about who knew?

Usually (imho), Canadians are more publicly vocal about these sorts of things, and with an election coming up in the not too distant future, there might be some hope after all.