Reason #37 We're better than the Canadians - Warrantless Wiretapping
We have it , and they don't. From The Star The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Friday (4/13/2012) warrantless wiretap powers that police have in cases of emergency. The high court has given Parliament a year to re-write the law. Ruling in a 2006 British Columbia kidnapping case, the country’s top court said a 1993 provision of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because there is no accountability or oversight for the warrantless searches, either to the person wiretapped or in reports to Parliament. The unanimous ruling was written by rookie judges Michael Moldaver and Andromache Karakatsanis. Sucks to be you Canada - we've got wiretaps when we want, where we want, without warrants and are thus clearly superior to you!