My guess is
if the average citizen was told that they had 5 minutes left to live, and they were alone in their house,
a good percentage of Canadians would devote
2 or 3 of those last minutes on earth
to erasing their harddrive.
Not because they're criminal,
but because it might contain something that's,
uh, what's the expression I'm looking for?
"Nobody's business".
And that includes the Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews.
Now Vic, Vic's a nice guy,
but he's got this thing.
He likes to peek,
or at least he wants to peek into your harddrive.
He wants to be able to get your computer's IP address without a warrant.
He wants all of your computer online traffic recorded.
It's his thing.
Now Vic says it's no big deal.
It's like a phone book.
Now I trust Vic, I do,
but I asked a computer geek friend of mine,
and he says "no, no it's nothing like a phonebook,
in fact it's like a fingerprint,
except it's a fingerprint that can tell Vic
how much money you make
what you read
where you get your news
what you say to your best friend
what turns you on
and how you vote."
Gee, is that all, Vic?
Because um, that makes me uncomfortable.
Now Vic says we have a choice to make here.
We can side with the Conservatives and let Vic peek,
or we can side with the child pornographers.
Now unfortunately for Vic,
he forgot one very important thing:
Canadians aren't that stupid[sic].
And thank god, because Vic, you can call us all the names you want,
but that doesn't change the fact
we're not going to let you peek.
That doesn't make us criminal,
it makes us Canadian.
It's why we shut our blinds at night.
The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation.
You wanna peek, Vic?
Convince a judge, get a warrant.
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