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[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is going to be challenged in the Courts. Many parts of this Bill is in violation of the Charter.

Hopefully, Signal and others stay until the court case runs it's course.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If it gets to the courts we're probably lost.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Section 8 of the Charter "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure"

I've heard from experts that bulk collection of metadata violates section 8.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Retention of metadata may not even be considered a search or seizure, it's unclear to me how likely it is that it might be declared "reasonable", taking it to the supreme court would require many years of work during which irreparable harm would be done, and whichever parts of the law were struck down it's likely that others would stand — and every part of it is irredeemable.

The whole bill is so blunt, crude, and stupid that I think there's hope that it might be somehow arranged that it gets stuck in committee until it's forgotten about.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These aren't American courts.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

No it is Canadian courts where the supreme court judges no longer wear those cute red dresses, they have some new lighter ones.

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