Thu Jun 16, 2022 – 4:52 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — A bill before Canada’s Senate that proposed to lower the threshold for when border guards would be allowed to snoop on or even seize one’s electronic devices has been voted down by the national security and defense committee.
Nine of 12 members who make up the Senate’s national security committee rejected a proposal by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Monday to designate “reasonable general concern” as a reason for border agents to go ahead and search one’s electronic devices.
Bill S-7, known as “An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Preclearance Act, 2016,” was proposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau-appointed Senator Marc Gold. It recently finished a review by the national security and defense committee and now awaits third reading.
The contentious legislation would allow border agents to “examine documents, including emails, text messages, receipts, photographs or videos, that are stored on a personal digital device.”
As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, Bill S-7 would have changed Canada’s Customs Act to in effect lower the scenarios whereby Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agents would be able to search personal electronic devices.
Senator Mobina Jaffer
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