Among those testifying on Bill C-51 Thursday before the Senate National Security Committee was Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, who dealt “the harshest blow,” Ottawa Citizen reports. “The bill would potentially lead to disproportionately large amounts of personal information of ordinary, law-abiding citizens being collected and shared,” Therrien said, adding that “the means chosen are excessive to achieve the end.” And Communications Security Establishment is concerned about “how its collection of cell-phone and email metadata might be perceived,” CBC reports. Meanwhile, the Professional Institute of the Public Service is asking a court to stop a new and ‘unduly invasive’ security clearance process that includes fingerprinting, credit and criminal checks, and a sweeping search of Internet use as the minimum screening for all employees and new hires.”
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