[Privsec] Re: Lawful Access - Canadian Consultation

[Robert Guerra]

Gus:

I definitely would suggest EPIC and PI sending a request for copies 
of the documents. Let's see how they answer. I can go through the 
business cards I collected from DoJ and send you who to send the 
request to.

All i can say is that your comments were raised on wed. by several 
people at the meeting (the most vocal being Peter Hope-Tindal , and 
to a lesser extent myself). They think that by limited the 
distribution to paper form - it will be harder, if not impossible for 
the documents to circulate.

They haven't made us sign non disclosure agreements - as such, i 
can't see why we can't use modern photocopiers that scan documents 
and mail them to you as pdf's...


If I recall correctly the DoJ officials responded with the line that 
they wanted to know where the documents had been sent. They said we 
could pass the documents on to colleagues, but with the proviso we 
let them know .

When pressed - they mentioned something along the lines that  - this 
wasn't an  "open public consultation" as was the case at the first 
meeting, but something more focused with key stakeholders that had 
asked to be keep informed of developments.

My personal view is that their policy isn't quite set finalized yet , 
they are open to changes - that's a good thing. Not as open as we'd 
like, that's for sure. Do we push them to open the process more, 
engage them on the substance of their proposals , or both ... that's 
something to discuss.

regards

Robert


At 4:17 PM +0000 3/11/05, Gus Hosein wrote:
>Why isn't this information available in digital format?  I don't 
>understand the government's obsession with couriers.  Was there an 
>explanation for this conduct?  I'm sure that EPIC and PI would like 
>to have these documents on our websites to further discuss and 
>disseminate this policy.


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