The aim of this public forum is to increase the awareness of policy makers, Parliamentarians, the media, and the public regarding the concerns associated with the introduction of a new Enhanced Driver’s Licence in most Canadian provinces. This new citizenship identity document which has been primarily driven by the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), will include radio-frequency identification (RFID) and biometric capabilities, raising a host of potential privacy and civil liberties issues. The Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada and her Ontario counterpart will participate, as well as Canadian and U.S. civil society experts. Following the panel discussions, University of Toronto researchers will demonstrate how the data contained on EDLs can be secretly and remotely accessed to enable surreptitious tracking.
This forum is organized by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Consumers Council of Canada, the Council of Canadians, the Information Policy Research Program of the Faculty of Information – University of Toronto and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.
For more information see: Canadian Identity Forum
The Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o David Murakami Wood
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
Canada
