Discussion
If one wanted to create a Canadian-wide org to defend digital liberties, were would one start?
Think EFF, but for Canada.
(I know nothing about non-profit, etc. but I know what we need to tackle and how Govt policies and legislation have been fucking us sideways)
just upped this. Because yes this is something I would love to see, this is something I can't do because it require someone being taken seriously and that can schmooze their way into the whole bullshit to be able to do anything, including fund raising[1], etc.
This is something I have been think we dearly need here, more than ever.
And mentionning the EFF we surely don't want to be absolutionist to the point of defending nazis.
[1] yes you need money for that.
The more time passes the more I think this is necessary. Would focus on electronic freedoms like:
- Government censorship
- Government digital communication and privacy: ex. why can't I submit my taxes electronically without paying a third party profiteerer? Why do I need Adobe spyware to fill your forms that could be a web page?
- Privacy laws and user protections
- Vendor lock in (see app store monopolies, DRM, device locking)
- Telco monopolies limiting access
- etc.
Canadians deserve privacy, and be protected from either Government or private corporations.
Canadians deserve to not be required to pay some vendor to communicate with the Government.
Canadians deserve to not be victim of class warfare where you have to be able to afford equal access to communications.
And I have many more.
Example of bills that this org would focus on:
Bills C-11 and C-18 which are now law and showed the Government had no interest outside of the lobby groups that wrote it. Link-tax and force content promotion would be key point of contention.
Bill C-63 the "Online Harm" bill would be a bill that would be scrutinized too.
In the past, various telco bill curtailing competition and poor policy decisions lead to unafordability would be also a focus.
Net-neutrality also come back often
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