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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner

Canadians shouldn’t have to give up privacy rights to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Canadian digital privacy laws were inadequate prior to COVID-19. Not only do we need a framework to protect privacy for COVID-19-related contact tracing, but we also need new data protection laws writ large, writes Michelle Rempel Garner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Canadian digital privacy laws were inadequate prior to COVID-19. Not only do we need a framework to protect privacy for COVID-19-related contact tracing, but we also need new data protection laws writ large, writes Michelle Rempel Garner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Nearly one million Canadians don't even have broadband internet access, or they have excessively expensive access compared to other G7 countries. In an increasingly technology-driven world, people who don’t have access to fast, reliable broadband services are victims of a new type of social inequality, writes Michelle Rempel Garner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Nearly one million Canadians don't even have broadband internet access, or they have excessively expensive access compared to other G7 countries. In an increasingly technology-driven world, people who don’t have access to fast, reliable broadband services are victims of a new type of social inequality, writes Michelle Rempel Garner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay