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    Twitter responds to Vic Toews with #TellVicEverything hashtag

    Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews stands during Question Period in the House of Commons.Public Safety Minister Vic Toews opened a can of worms even he couldn't have seen coming when defending the bill to allow police access to Canadians' Internet activity. And the little birdies on Twitter are diving in for the feast.

    Toews' Twitter account (@ToewsVic) has been inundated with tweets marked with the hashtag #TellVic everything, as users take a more lighthearted approach to the Tories' bill seeking greater access to their Internet activity.

    These are a few of our favourite tweets from users as they share the mundane aspects of their life with the minister:

    Some users are also using the hashtag #DontToewsMeBro to share their displeasure.

    Not everyone is responding to Toews' stance on the bill in such a lighthearted manner, particularly after his declaration that Canadians either "stand with us, or with the child pornographers."  The Twitter account @vikileaks30 is allegedly tweeting details from Toews' divorce proceedings in 1999, according to Yahoo! Canada News' Political Points.

    In the House of Commons on February 16, Toews says he won't apologize for his comments:

    (CP Photo)

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    58 comments

    • me2  •  Ottawa, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      There is no problem with giving police the tools to track pedophiles on the internet, but it needs to be like a search warrant where they need to show a judge that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person or person(s) is committing a crime. Somebody needs to be looking over their shoulders or they will be spying on all of us. It isn't a crime to criticize the government online (yet).
      • Try to THINK 3 months ago
        Exactly. All this really takes with some fine tweaking is a warrant so that the Police are kept on their leash. There are not too many people that have not had a run in with a Cop that just had an attitude that would not quit. The last thing we need is to make that approach legal.

        But I could be swayed into giving them the powers to go after people for stupidity, but that would send a lot of the other bloggers on yahoo to jail.
    • hypocrit h8ter  •  3 months ago
      And as usual . . . who'll police the police?
    • canuck1  •  3 months ago
      Am proud of Canadians. Privacy is clawed away slowly. Then WHAM, something you like to keep to yourself is public. Vic, DON'T ever compare any of us to child porn #$%$
      • Gary 3 months ago
        It could have been a slip of the tongue: Vic was never known as the sharpest shovel in the shed, he is quite proficient as a toadie though.
    • hypocrit h8ter  •  3 months ago
      I too am not a thief, criminal, pervert, politician, etc. and I have a major problem with these clowns accessing my e-mail and such. That would be the same as giving them access to my po box . . . . like all things involving cops, you bring me a search warrant and then your in. No search warrant, bugger off, especially since I have broken no laws. They'd never get a search warrant to tap the phone of a law abiding citizen yet they want unfettered access to everyones computers. Sounds like big brother to me!
      • Gary 3 months ago
        Sounds like 1939-45 to me.
    • canuck1  •  3 months ago
      Cabinet should have known. Criminals are in every police Dept, airport, Govt Ministry in the country. Don't trust your privacy to anyone as your life can be accessed very easily for 300 bucks or a few hits. Know what I'm sayin??
      • JohnSomethingOrOther 3 months ago
        @Canuck I don't know what you're saying.
        Take a deep breath, calm down & try posting again.
      • Gary 3 months ago
        Could be short on meds or out on a day pass.
    • PointGiven  •  Edmonton, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
      8. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.
      9. Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.
    • WHATTYATHINK  •  3 months ago
      it appears Toews might have cheated on his (then) wife and is a dead beat husband and a dead beat dad who is way behind on support payments ... hard to believe a member of parliament and head law man would be so remiss in his responsibilities ... oh wait a minute he's a conservative and they do those things ... my bet is that in the next federal election Harper (aka Harpo) and his crew will not get the 20% of eligible voters they got last time ...
    • Frank Fencepost  •  Edmonton, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      The issue of privacy is extremely important, I have lost no civil liberties and therefore should have a resonable expectation of privacy. He has taken my right to privacy then he should not expect a right to privacy
    • raygun  •  Calgary, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      Even as a card carrying conservative ,I am at a loss as to why they would put fourth such short-sighted , intrusive legislation. I might have to reconsider future campaign donations.
    • masterrythm  •  3 months ago
      This stupid man should be run out of politics forever. What a clown
    • Bill  •  Toronto, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      This would be no different then the police showing up at your door without a warrant and taking your computer,checking it out and then handing it back to you.
      Why not just introduce a bill that forces Canadians to bring their computers to the police once a month.
      This new law if passed is exactly the same thing.
    • Jason Sheffield  •  3 months ago
      LOL I think Herr Harptard is finally realizing that we are NOT stupid. We are NOT going to live in a police state. And we are NOT going to give him and his jackbooted hillbillies another chance to destroy this country.

      Finally a good use for Twitter.
    • S  •  3 months ago
      Vic, I read the details about your messy divorce and what an asshat you've been over child support, and I kinda believed it.
      Does that make me a bad person Vic?
      I don't twitter, so I hope you start checking here.
    • rockminer  •  Pickering, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Vic you don't have to apologies for your comments. Nobody ever expected you to be intelligent enough to do so. There is no pill to cure stupid.
    • raymond  •  3 months ago
      I wonder if the Conservatives are starting to realize that everyone has things they want to keep private. That doesn't make them a criminal by itself. It just makes them normal. Without privacy we all lose some dignity. So how about shoving the new law that undermines that privacy where the sun don't shine. It could help everyone including them in the long run.
    • Curly B  •  Kamloops, British Columbia  •  3 months ago
      This man is a idiot and a cheat and has no business holding a responsible position in government. Any legislation he proposes is suspect. Turf him and the legislation he is proposing. We have enough stupid laws on the books, we do not need any more.
    • rocketman  •  Calgary, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      Remember George W. Bush's," you're either with us or you're with the terrorists"? Sounds familiar, doesn't it.
    • Irina  •  Kitchener, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      I thought been Conservative meant The Government butting out of our bedrooms. Were's the freedom. Sounds like Red Communist Control and they accuse the NDP and Liberals of being Red!!
    • Chris  •  Montreal, Quebec  •  3 months ago
      I may be as ignorant and arrogant as Vic Toews but I also think he's an #$%$
    • Johnb55  •  3 months ago
      And he's terrible at damage control,there's lot's of stuff here that's
      gonna bite him.Bet he's not having a good day.

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