Again, I don't disagree. I'm not backing these people up. People should be pissed off.
It just seems that they are not. And you are right, because they don't see it affecting themselves.
But this has been the state of affairs for a while now, especially in the States. Everyone is so consumed with celebrity and every little political sideshow they care little for actual news or politics.
I would agree there is a level of it here in Canada, but it's not quite the same, yet.
I would also admit it's probably silly to believe a certain amount of it is not happening here. But until there is a big story about it, there's not much I can say or do.
What does give me faith sometimes is just the simple fact that the Canadian government is so small compared to the states, and internationally our troubles are far less, that they government probably doesn't have the ability or inclination to create such far reaching programs like the NSA and CIA have. And if they did, they would probably fail miserably at it, haha. Our PM can't even keep his own scandals in his own office in check right now.
More than anything, I know that we work with a lot of the US agencies, and I have heard of information sharing that perhaps should not be. But I have also heard of cases where information was asked to be shared and was denied. So how much the Canadian government might be spying on it's own people, or worse, ALLOWING the US to spy on them for common security goals, I cannot really say.
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