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Surveillance, search or seizure powers extended by recent legislation in Canada, Britain, France and the United States : backgrounder to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security :...: IP54-103/2009E-PDF

"The purpose of this survey is to examine the surveillance powers granted to government in several countries that have experienced recent acts of terrorism. The hope is that by examining the statutory basis for surveillance powers in the US, Canada, UK and France, a comparative picture of legal trends impacting state surveillance powers would emerge. Currently, there is much anecdotal discussion pitting the laws of one country against another, but little evidence-based analysis"--Executive summary, page 3.

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Department/Agency
  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, issuing body.
TitleSurveillance, search or seizure powers extended by recent legislation in Canada, Britain, France and the United States : backgrounder to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security : review of the Findings and Recommendations of the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin (Iacobucci Inquiry) and the report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar (Arar Inquiry) / Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Pouvoirs de surveillance, de perquisition ou de saisie élargis par des lois récentes au Canada, au Royaume-Uni, en France et aux États-Unis : document d’information présenté par le Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada au Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et nationale : révision des constatations et des recommandations issues de l’enquête interne sur les actions des responsables canadiens relativement à Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati et Muayyed Nureddin (enquête Iacobucci) et du rapport de la Commission d’enquête sur les actions des responsables canadiens relativement à Maher Arar (enquête Arar).
  • Issued also in HTML format.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-21).
Publishing information
  • Ottawa, Ontario : Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada = Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada, May 7, 2009.
Author / Contributor
  • Stoddart, Jennifer, author.
Description1 online resource (21 pages) : charts
Catalogue number
  • IP54-103/2009E-PDF
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