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.

National Be Really Nice to Telemarketers Week

I propose that during the week of March 12 to March 16 we all be especially welcoming of Telemarketing calls.

For example, you can be REALLY NICE when you keep a telemarketer on the phone for at least 15 minutes before saying no thank you! This can be fun and profitable - well at least you save money by not buying things you don't need.

So, please join me in an all out effort to show our appreciation for being called during dinner time, despite being on the do not call list, to be offered the latest and best price on new carpets and duct cleaning and so on.

Will you join me?

Please pass this around - if it goes viral we could really show the telemarketers how much we care about them.

And if it really does well we could repeat it every month or so. Telemarketers could be the most loved callers in the world!