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Originally Posted by jaydorn
But nope, "big bad America is coming!" is the hill they've chosen to die on. And I hope they do.
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Now they're breaking out the "Fear America" card.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story...-security.html
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The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada is calling on Stephen Harper's government to explain how it intends to review and address national security concerns related to the New York-based company. In the U.S., Verizon has co-operated with the National Security Agency to share personal data on millions of its U.S. customers. A secret U.S., leaked in June, gave the NSA authority to to collect data from all of Verizon's land and mobile customers. Now the CEP is raising the spectre that Canadians would be subject to the same surveillance if Verizon decides to enter the wireless market here.
"Canadians need to know that their government is reviewing Verizon's potential threat to national security, and what steps the U.S. company will have to take to mitigate any concerns," CEP president Dave Coles said in a news release on Tuesday.
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I get it, this NSA stuff is a real concern, but to think that this data isn't already accessible to these types of agencies is silly. It's taking one issue and twisting it to suit another purpose.