Vikileaks
Pat Martin vs. Vic Toews: That escalated quickly
NDP MP takes to Twitter to take on Minister of Public Safety
Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us
Adam Carroll, the member of the Liberal research team who resigned after admitting responsibility for Vikileaks, has been hired by the Liberal party. Vic Toews is unimpressed.
Vikileaks tweeter faces ethics committee on Parliament Hill
Adam Carroll, the ex-Liberal staffer who was fired after he admitted to setting up the Vikileaks30 Twitter account that spread details of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ divorce, was grilled by MPs at a hearing on Parliament Hill Tuesday. Carroll showed no remorse at the ethics committee hearing, saying he opened the account to protest against Bill C-30, legislation trumpeted by Toews that prompted a national outcry over online privacy concerns and the extend of police surveillance powers.
Dean Del Mastro has an elevator to catch
A report from The National last night.
A marathon of moral parsing: my head hurts
Paul Wells on Parliament taking up residence in the gutter
Do we need more Vikileaks?
In Canada only insiders seem to care enough about politics to be so rude
After Vikileaks, we can protect privacy, or outgrow it
How the Facebook generation is handing the Earth over to the meek
Vikileaks was the work of a Liberal
A member of the Liberal party’s research bureau was the author of the “vikileaks” Twitter account
Vic Toews v. The Internet
The Public Safety Minister talks to The House and acknowledges that “fair-minded” people might conclude he might have overstated himself. The Globe reviews the Twitter controversy. And a video suggests Anonymous is threatening to get involved.
‘Dirty, sleazy Internet tricks’
Seven times during QP this morning—six times by John Baird, once by Ted Menzies—the government alleged the NDP was behind a “sleazy, dirty” Internet campaign. (Note: the evidence in this regard is decidedly flimsy.) Vic Toews is apparently seeking an investigation.
House of Intrigue
The Sun reports that before Vic Toews went out and said that thing he said, before the government’s legislation was widely scorned and before members of his caucus told him they couldn’t support the bill, the Prime Minister had decided that C-30 would be sent directly to a parliamentary committee for study and amendment. It apparently just took his government three days to say so.