This week, the Yukon government released new regulations that ratchet up the powers of the RCMP to search for missing people. Protecting the safety of vulnerable persons at the same time will be a balancing act.
Parliament must limit government powers over the private sector in the proposed Canadian cybersecurity legislation, say several civil rights groups, arguing the current version risks eroding civil liberties, privacy, and democratic freedoms. The call came today from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Constitution Foundation, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, Ligue des Droits