Okay, this is just fucking disgusting.
If you don't know who Cindy Blackstock is, I'll try my best to sum it up for you. She is a First Nations woman who advocates for First Nations children, particularly those who have had interventions with child welfare systems. In 2007, she filed a human rights complaint against the federal government, arguing that (among other things) the underfunding of child welfare systems compared to the provincial systems is discriminatory and harms First Nations children and families.
Today, the Privacy Commissioner released her findings that two federal departments violated the Privacy Act by spying on Cindy Blackstock through her personal facebook page. The departments went well beyond researching her views on child welfare, collecting personal information and details about her interactions with friends. Yeah. That happened.
I have to wonder...Cindy's opposition to the federal government is no different from the activities of Idle No More...is there any danger that the surveillance has spread to publicly-vocal members of that movement? Are we on a watch list somewhere for struggling to change a very broken relationship between Aboriginals and the federal government? It's not paranoia, it's now a legitimate concern.
Unbelievably low...
...Wish you were here.
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