Conservative MP Introduces 'Clean Internet Act'

[Zbigniew Koziol]

Why they would not provide evidence that the steps they propose to fight the
"crime" are justified somehow in a well documented statistics of crime?
Well, I never ever saw a well documented, publicly available and discussed
statistics of that kind.

zb.


On 4/20/07, Meng Cheah <meng-D1t3LT1mScs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1884/125/
>
> "Conservative MP Joy Smith <http://www.joysmith.ca/> yesterday
> introduced
> <
> http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&DocId=2842428#SOB-2010623
> >
> the Clean Internet Act (Bill C-427)
> <
> http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Parl=39&Ses=1&Mode=1&Pub=Bill&Doc=C-427_1&File=24#1
> >.
> The private member's bill would establish an Internet service provider
> licensing system to be administered by the CRTC along with "know your
> subscriber" requirements and content blocking powers.  Just about
> everything associated with this bill is (to be charitable) rather odd.
> Smith introduced it by warning against the use of the Internet to
> support human trafficking and added that "the bill would address the
> fact that child pornography is not okay to put on the Internet
> throughout our nation," though the Criminal Code already does that.
>
> The bill itself includes (and I am not making this up):
>
>     * an ISP licensing system to be administered by the CRTC that is
>       defined so broadly that it would seemingly capture anyone offering
>       a wifi connection
>     * a "know your subscriber" requirement where ISPs would be required
>       to deny service to past offenders (though the ISP would escape
>       liability if upon learning of an offending customer, it terminated
>       service and notified the Minister of Industry)
>     * a new power that would allow the Minister of Industry to order an
>       ISP to block access to content that promotes violence against
>       women, promotes hatred, or contains child pornography.  ISPs that
>       fail to block face possible jail time for the company's directors
>       and officers.
>     * the Minister of Industry can prescribe special powers to
>       facilitate searches of electronic data systems (ie. lawful access)"
>
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