Nice of Dan Albas to take a break from his victory dance over the wine bill to remind us that he and his buddy, the ham-fisted Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, havenāt given up on their Internet snooping bill (C-30).
Albas used his last MP Report to tell us that the snooping bill will be back and thereās nothing you can do about it. But thatās probably fine with the people who handed Albas his landslide last May.
Letās see now. These masters of small government want to read our emails. They also propose to eavesdrop on us in our cars as we wait at border crossings. And now we see them triumphantly announcing an āinformation sharingā agreement with the U.S. Homeland Security sluggos. Thatās the American group led by Janet Napolitano who famously thought the 9/11 terrorists came in from Canada. Iām thrilled to think those āstand your groundā lawmakers are taking such an interest in our comings and goings.
Is this the price of inclusion in the murky TransPacific Free Trade deal? Is this what you voted for?
Bob Nicholson
Penticton