Comments on: Canadian politician: My internet spying bill would help us catch serial killers like Luka Magnotta

By: elix

elix — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:12:00 +0000

This just in, apparently Vic’s spying bill would have worked to catch him in Germany.

Explain that one to us, Mr. Towes.

By: jmv

jmv — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:18:00 +0000

Further irony of the situation – it was Kadir Anlayisli, an Internet cafe employee who recognized the suspect and flagged down the police on the street.

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:59:00 +0000

And it turns out that they didn’t need those rules – they caught him.

By: theCanuck

theCanuck — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:49:00 +0000

This just in…Honourable Minister of Parliament Vic Toews has shit for brains, believes other Canadians do as well. Sorry, had to vent my outrage at such egregious ignorance demonstrated by a representative of the Canadian public. Perhaps if he was less enthralled with the use of rhetoric to influence the acceptance of his Party’s ludicrous legislation and more capable of engaging in critical thinking, Mr. Toews would receive more respect on these internets.

By: toyg

toyg — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:14:00 +0000

My Internet spying bill is keeping away tigers. Lots of them.

By: elix

elix — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:13:00 +0000

Dear Mr. Towes,

Would your internet spying bill catch my neighbour who keeps stealing rhubarb out of my back yard’s rhubarb patch?

Would your internet spying bill catch the thief who stole my bike?

Would your internet spying bill catch the thief who climbed into my bedroom window one day (after I foolishly left it unsecured) and stole a laptop off my desk before letting himself out my back door while nobody was home?

No? Well, explain how your internet spying bill would be better than proper police work here if it wouldn’t do better with other problems.

(My neighbour actually obtained my consent before harvesting some rhubarb, and that laptop was the oldest, creakiest, barely-runs-Windows-95 hunk of historical curiosity in town, so the joke’s on that guy. Ignored a bunch of much more valuable stuff for the thing that looked most portable and easy to fence.)

By: elix

elix — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Sadly, rocketpjs, the pessimist in me wants to agree with you completely.

Liberals: Scandal erupts, do the right thing and call an inquiry, even though you know it’ll mean the defeat of your government either way.

Conservatives: Bury the bodies, slander the journalists, block inquiries, prorogue parliament if necessary.

I am not advocating violence in any way, and I wish no harm to any Canadian citizen (and basically anyone in the world), but I would not shed many tears if the Conservative bench accidentally got hit by a powersliding bus.

By: foobar

foobar — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:36:00 +0000

This is why it’s important to make it technically impossible for them to get this sort of information. Fighting the laws are well and good, but some will always slip through.

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:05:00 +0000

I too lament that ratings reflect “Two and a half Men” is the most popular/viewed television broadcast in Canada in 2011.

It shouldn’t be like that. With the elimination of the CBC we won’t have to waste time rating broadcasters, everyone can just watch something like “Two and a half Men”.

I haven’t ever seen “Two and a half Men”, but I’m sure it is a fine program because so many people watch it, and that there is no valid reason to have other programs if there are not as many people watching them.

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:06:00 +0000

My Internet spying bill has prevented alien invasions.

By: rocketpjs

rocketpjs — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:40:00 +0000

I’d like to agree with what you said, except that they just did exactly that with the last Elections Canada financing fraud scandal (remember the in-and-out 2 elections/5 years ago?). They just recently admitted they had done wrong, now that they have a majority with 3 years to make it old news.

Where Paul Martin went wrong (from a political POV) was in calling a public inquiry and giving his opponents an opportunity to tar him with the brush. The Cons are smarter and know to bury/deny/sue until the ‘journalists’ and the public get bored.

By: Bryan Regehr

Bryan Regehr — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Good thing they aren’t sucking on the public teat like some public broadca- oh.

By: elix

elix — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:59:00 +0000

I think if they legally delayed investigation into a blatant, impossible-to-spin scandal being dragged out for 3-4 years until the next election, they’d have wrapped themselves up into such contorted pretzel nightmare shapes that they would basically get deep sixed as hard as Paul Martin’s Liberals after the sponsorship scandal. You just can’t survive intentionally obstructing federal government investigations for three or four years for the sake of holding onto power.

By: elix

elix — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:46:00 +0000

I appear to have been misinformed, as I went to look it up and found that it’s an uncommon, but repeated, myth. There’s a tradition of cooperation between the RCMP and US authorities, especially near the border, which contributed to the myth.

By: Craig Hartel

Craig Hartel — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:32:00 +0000

He isn’t an embarrassment because he’s a Harper puppet. He’s singing everything on Harper’s songsheet.

By: Craig Hartel

Craig Hartel — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:30:00 +0000

I would like to see the source of your information. Canada has to deal with most US states on a one-by-one basis for extradition matters. With respect, elix, I think you are mistaken.

By: Spezz

Spezz — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:04:00 +0000

I dont understand this. The police could easily ask ED for the ip of the proxy, and from there they have a lead. Why would collecting all the information on everyone make this any easier? Wouldn’t it actually make it harder?

By: dioptase

dioptase — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:30:00 +0000

Bah! My “Put All Canadians In Prison, Hold Indefinitely” Act, PACIPHI, will prevent all crime. And make Canada safe once again for tornadoes.

By: matthewfabb

matthewfabb — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:02:00 +0000

Here’s a CBC article:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/31/dismemberment-.html
Police argue when the tips arrived, but despite when this happen it was still before the Conservative and Liberal party were receiving body parts.

The lawyer claims that the police ignored him saying that it was likely fake and suggested at how good special effects these days.

By: rocketpjs

rocketpjs — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:34:00 +0000

Confidence votes require a majority in the House, which they have and will not give up. Maybe in the case of blatant and un-spinnable illegality, but they are very good at legal delaying tactics (i.e. until the next election).

The GG can’t really do much unless there is a case of overt illegality, and even then it is nearly impossible. GG’s job is crucial but only happens on occasion, most of the time it is ribbon cutting etc.

Our only hope is really that they will keep pissing people off until they lose their thin vote lead in the next election.

By: Wendy Kitten

Wendy Kitten — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:12:00 +0000

Yeah, technically you need at least 2 or more human kills to be a serial killer…Gein only had two that were known, but that box of ‘fresh’ vagina….who knows.

By: elix

elix — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0000

I remember the last time I heard Vic talking about Bill C-30, on a radio interview. He didn’t even know what was in his bill. The fact that the RCMP are hungering for the restrictions to come off so they don’t have to go through all the red tape to spy on someone is not the way you should be pushing this bill, Vic.

The Harper Government[tm](R)(C), LLC, is an embarrassment to Canada. Sir John A is in danger of coming apart from the torque, he’s spinning around so quickly in his grave.

By: elix

elix — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:55:00 +0000

Who knows, we might get lucky. This robocalling scandal might be enough to trigger a no-confidence vote, or a petition to the Governor-General to do the same. We can only hope.

By: elix

elix — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:53:00 +0000

The RCMP have international jurisdiction and have had it for a long time. (Hint: If you’re ever wanted by the RCMP for anything, fleeing south across the border will not save you, as they’ll just follow you across; there’s none of this having-to-stop-at-the-state-line outrun-the-cops saved-by-the-border business.)

While the concept disgusts me, it would be a matter of reciprocating. Besides, look at Marc Emery.

By: BombBlastLightingWaltz

BombBlastLightingWaltz — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:45:00 +0000

OR have the police actually do their job of investigating an alleged homicide when alerted to such.

By: ImmutableMichael

ImmutableMichael — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:32:00 +0000

My internet spying act HAS prevented tornados.

By: rocketpjs

rocketpjs — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:11:00 +0000

Toews and the rest of the CPC government live in an evidence free zone of their own making. There is very little that can be said to them about that which they ‘Know to be true’. Sadly, nothing can be done to change their position for another 3.5 years.

By: Scott Falkner

Scott Falkner — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:54:00 +0000

RT @ToewsVic Bill C-30 would have prevented George Lucas from making those fucking awful Star Wars prequels.

By: Timothy D Little

Timothy D Little — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:50:00 +0000

This whole mess makes me sick to my stomach.

By: Peppermint

Peppermint — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:22:00 +0000

Honestly the more I read and the more I get the impression that the whole Canadian government is an embarrassment to the very definition of governement.