Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-46 & Bill C-47

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The new surveillance legislation in Canada has been causing waves, but today, we are finally able to actually read the legislation for the first time and the two bills contain some interesting provisions. We look at the legislation (Bill C-46 in this article) that has already worried many Canadians.

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We’ve already looked at Bill C-46 and added commentary from the perspective of a common Canadian citizen who just happens to have a background in journalism. In this article, we look at the other piece of surveillance legislation, Bill C-47. This is the other bill that is packaged with the surveillance legislation. Let’s look at some excerpts from this bill as well.

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