I agree that the probability of Canadian communication getting swept up in the NSA net is high, but I don't think I can agree with your portrayal of the governm

I agree that the probability of Canadian communication getting swept up in the NSA net is high, but I don't think I can agree with your portrayal of the government of Canada's interest in surveillance as low. First, the article says: "And where Washington has demonstrated its commitment to the NSA with the construction in Utah of an immense $2-billion base said to be capable of processing a zettabyte of data, the Canadian government is building CSEC a gleaming new $900-million, 72,000-square-metre compound in Ottawa" - that's $900 million/35 million citizens, or more than $25 per person. The US figure is $2 billion/319 million, or approximately $6 per person. That's 4 times the money per capita at the current exchange rate. Second, just months before the PRISM controversy the US government began considering requiring interception capabilities for service providers ( https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/caleatwo https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/caleatwo ), among other requirements... Sadly, Canada beat them to the punch. We (our government) tried to push something similar a year ago (called C-30, which caused quite an uproar) and our government still wants to bypass warrants to snoop with a bill called C-50.