Article Continued BelowThe country lacks police powers in six categories, including legal remedies for cracking encryption, intercepting communications and accessing suspects’ identities. Privacy advocates call these demands an “evidence-free” infringement of basic privacy rights. Police view such searches as a basic investigative tool — the first step in launching investigations into suspected terrorists, pedophiles or organized crime figures. and get the basic subscriber information,” he said. A 2014 Supreme Court ruling found Canadians have a reasonable expectation of online privacy in their basic subscriber information such as their names, addresses and IP addresses.

Source: thestar November 16, 2016 11:15 UTC