Section 17 of the Online Surveillance Bill (C-30)

You may have heard that the government, as proposed by the Arch Twit, Vic Toews, has a section that would permit "any police officer" to get information about you from your ISP without the benefit of a warrant.

The CONservative government has couched this in a Child Protection blanket designed to make us feel all warm and cuddly.

Obtaining private information on Canadian citizens without the oversight of a judge via a warrant is the top of an ugly and slippery slope that erodes personal freedom.

There cannot be any cases so urgent that a judge won't sign a warrant when woken at 2 in the morning if really needed by the "exceptional conditions" stated in the bill.