Canadians not keen on trading privacy for intelligence sharing, poll finds

Canadians aren’t keen on giving federal agencies more powers to share information in the name of national security if it comes at the expense of privacy rights, documents obtained by Global News suggest.

The Privy Council Office (PCO), the central department of the government, recently polled Canadians about the balance between privacy rights and the ability of government agencies to share intelligence with partners to address national security threats.

It asked Canadians if they would accept “greater information sharing powers” to address national security threats, “even if it affects (their) privacy rights.”

The polling data, obtained by Global News under access to information laws, found one out of two respondents would not, roughly one in 10 Canadians were ambivalent, and just one in three thought it was a good idea.

As Tom Vernon explains, with global conflicts fought more often in the online realm, our information is becoming a target.

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[derekwoodford]

Media is our enemy. 9 comments, 2 show.

[victorrivera]

This is insane. They have the technology so they can use it with or without a judge authorization. Besides, there are some judges who are crooks, how we can trust?

[jamierpm]

Yup bunch of censorship going on in the comments huh 🤔

[robperry]

Canadians distrust their government and media. That's smart.

[bonsang]

i was way more less keen to exchange my health for a QR code...

im not influenced by publicity, i dont remember having ever bought something cause publicity. they can stalk me as much they can, will change nothing, at all.

[couch]

WTH do you think the ArriveCAN app is? If you downloaded and used the app all while complaining about privacy then you're a fool.

[laylalayla]

The idea is just to talk about this so ppl get used to the topic. doesn't matter whether ppl agree or not

[sherlockhoax]

In that case . . . GET RID OF YOUR SMARTPHONES

[miltonlivramento]

No one goes to church that tenants all this information

[Troy-olfk]

Waste some money at college and they will change their mind

[Spitfire_Cowboy]

Oh look! A 3 day old account!
UNC1151 maybe eh?👇👇👇