And so with that I eat my words as there really is nothing to see here other than privacy laws that offer no privacy as long as the government gets their $18 bucks for the search.
Remember how Canadian media went nuts over the 'phone hacking' story that came from the UK?
Where are the multiple stories and live tweets over this?
From today's Toronto Star: "Leung would only give his first name, but the Star was able to find his full name by putting a trace on his licence plate."
"Over the past few weeks, the Star has tracked the makes and plates of dozens of cars in the neighbourhood."
The Star openly admits that it traced dozens of licence plates, which can only be done through Ontario Ministry of Transport computers, and we have almost complete silence from the Canadian media. I guess that phone hacking was much more important for our media to cover, and live tweet, than it is when a home grown media outfit like the Toronto Star uses private information protected under legislation and most likely illegally obtained through Ontario government sources. ( I can't see ANY way that it was done legally.)
If only there was some way to tie Rupert Murdoch to this; then I could guarantee you that our MSM would be all over it.
Update: My tweet to the author of the Star story Antonia Zerbisias:
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