Re: Big Brother: Bill 160 (fwd)

["Rosenberg, Bill" <rosenber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Murray

!!!

Bill


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Date:          Thu, 11 Dec 1997 18:28:32+0100
From:          jurriaan bendien <Jbendien@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:       Re: Big Brother: Bill 160 (fwd)
To:            pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-to:      pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In response to Valis:

Yeah I know what you are talking about.  In New Zealand Muldoon set up the
Security Intelligence Service in the late 1970s and they used to spy on
campus, registering political science students among other things.  The
biggest laugh was when an SIS agent was spotted with a Penthouse in his
briefcase.

If the Canadian Government is doing draconian things like you say, the
students should respond by collecting some personal information "without
requiring permission" on Canadian politicians, publish it, and see how the
politicians like it. What does the Canadian Government need this
information for anyway ? To breed a new generation of model compliant
citizens ?

In solidarity

Jurriaan.

PS - for a New Zealand link on this issue, try Murray Horton at
cafca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  He's knowledgable in that area.

> > > The Ontario government is poised to give itself the power to collect
> > > and disclose private information about students - including medical
> > > problems, sexual orientation and religious beliefs -without requiring
> > > the students' permission.
> Etc, etc. etc.
>
> Hey, just what gives with Ontario, anyway?  Should we expect boat people
> any time soon?
> The political pox raging there somewhat resembles the unlamented Muldoon
> government in New Zealand during the Reaganzeit.
>
> I suspect that when Quebec becomes sovereign Canada will simply dissolve,
> and the money folks in Ontario are doing their renovations in advance.
>
> Any knowledgeable comment from up there?
>                                                                   valis
>
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