June 05, 2006
A Sensible Response from Canada
I was so pleased to hear a Canadian official correct Steve Inskeep of WBUR, when Inskeep asked if the arrest of 17 suspected terrorists in Toronto would affect the way Canada monitors its citizens. The official was VERY emphatic when he said that Canada does not monitor either its citizens or immigrants. He said that law enforcement in Canada focuses on criminal activity, and that Canada is committed to community policing which relies heavily on neighborhood residents to report suspicious activity.
How quickly we have come to take routine "monitoring" of citizens for granted here in the USofA.
Photo note: How could you tell if you were being monitored anyway?
Posted by Dakota at June 5, 2006 06:31 AM