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I’m unfamiliar with Canadian law, but if there exist laws that protect people’s privacy from their government, then it would also be government overreach, right
by junofan 5y ago
I’m unfamiliar with Canadian law, but if there exist laws that protect people’s privacy from their government, then it would also be government overreach, right?
- vkou 5y agoOnly if this violates those laws.
- notatoad 5y agoi'm not familiar with any law that forbids the government from using information that has been legally gathered just because they're the government. it may be illegal for the government to track or collect data on you while you use certain government-provided services, but that's not what's happening here. if it's illegal to collect the information, then it's definitely illegal for the government to use it. but this information appears to be collected in a legal manner. whether it should be legal is another matter entirely, but wishing doesn't make it so.
- amscanne 5y agoI believe that these rights extend from the charter protections against unreasonable search, similar to the US where they extend from due process requirements in the constitution. It doesn’t matter though: in Canada, all charter freedoms are subject to “reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society”. During the pandemic, many charter freedoms have been suspended and no judge seems willing to say that they are unreasonable, always siding with the government (despite a lack of evidence to support the justification). This is just another example.