I can't speak strongly enough against security agencies collecting and retaining bulk electronic data without judicial authorization. The practice is totalitarian both in scope and essence. It rubbishes not just one person's privacy- bad though that may be- it intrudes on everyone's privacy.

Canada and its western allies won the Cold War to prevent a government with these tendencies from taking over. Our politicians, with the eager help of security technocrats, have done the job instead. Is the alleged threat that of an empire poised to dominate us? No! It's a lone-wolf terrorist armed with a truck and a cell-phone. If bulk data collection weren't so sinister, the whole approach would be laughable.