Turns out the Canadian State has also been conducting mass surveillance against it own people

I hope this person doesn’t mind me C & P(ing) their comment here.
Below is a comment by a reader at Sott.  Ragnar Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:24 CST. Scroll down to “Reader Comments“.
“But don’t worry Canadians. They are only collecting metadata. They certainly aren’t collecting content, text messages, Email, grocery store purchases, medical data etc… Lol”
That’s exactly what they do!! And they have been doing that, and more for many, many Many years!!!
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http://www.sott.net/article/273493-Turns-out-the-Canadian-State-has-also-been-conducting-mass-surveillance-against-it-own-people

Canada’s Communications Security Establishment part of a secret state-within-the-state

Most Canadians had never heard of the Communications Security Establishment (CSEC), the Canadian counterpart of the US National Security Agency (NSA), prior to last month’s Globe and Mail report that CSEC has been metadata mining Canadians’ electronic communications since 2005.
The above is only an excerpt from an article at Red Ice Creations By Ed Patrick and Keith Jones | WSWS
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http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=26246

NSA Spying On Canadians, CSEC Capable Of Similar Surveillance: Experts

Canadians’ private digital information is inevitably being caught up in the U.S.’s massive surveillance dragnet, and Canada’s government has both the capability and the legal loopholes needed to spy on its own citizens as well, experts say.

……………. there is no “if” here; because of the integrated, international nature of online communication, it’s inevitable Canadians’ communications are being collected as part of the U.S. programs.

“There is no border,” Ronald Deibert, head of the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, told the Toronto Star.

……………. Unbeknownst to most Canadians, Canada has laws on the books enabling monitoring that are very similar to the controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act.
The above are only excerpts from Huffington Post Posted: 06/08/2013 2:50 pm EDT
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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/08/nsa-spying-canada_n_3408662.html