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Submission + - Canada: Police do not have power to wiretap without warrant (thestar.com)

Submitted by omega6 on Friday April 13, 2012 @10:54AM

omega6 writes: "The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Friday warrantless wiretap powers that police have in cases of emergency. The country’s top court said a 1993 provision of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because there is no accountability or oversight for the warrantless searches, either to the person wiretapped or in reports to Parliament."

Submission + - Web links don't constitute defamation, Supreme Cou (theglobeandmail.com)

Submitted by omega6 on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @10:41AM

omega6 writes: Supreme Court of Canada ruled that posting links is not the same as posting the actual content, but more similar to a footnote.
"The top court ruled against former Green party campaign manager Wayne Crookes, who argued that posting links to sites with defamatory statements was the same as publishing the defamatory material."

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