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Rich Diaz

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934 total appearances

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The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Do these people ever have any kind of self-reflection as to say, like, maybe it's because we produce shitty content that people have stopped coming to our websites?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Yeah.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Can we talk about Bill C-22 now and what it is, first of all?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Sorry, the more problematic elements.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

I know it's like a wide-ranging piece of legislation, but I've been reading your tweets.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

You know, I go on your website.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Can you explain to us more like the more problematic aspect of it with respect to, you know, what, yeah, just the whole thing, please, if you don't mind.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Sure.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Professor, why is this government, I have a couple more questions, but why is this government so insistent on destroying our basic constitutional rights to find criminals and then give them bogus sentences anyway?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Put people on parole for beating their wives and raping people and killing people.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

I mean, we hear about it all the time.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

People do all kinds of heinous things.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

And then are put away for basically no time at all.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

So I don't get like the insistence on being sort of a police state online and then being, you know, you know, Teletubbies in the courtroom with respect to judges.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Like, I don't get that, you know, I mean, if you're going to be a police state, just go full hog, you know?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Who went to that?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Of course, that's the obvious takeaway.

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Do Canadians have a right to free privacy?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

Can I ask a question?

The Loonie Hour
Canada's State Surveillance Bill - w/ guest Michael Geist

So, you know, I'm not a big conspiracy guy.