Reality check: Liberals to sell out Canadians’ privacy in vote tonight

This evening, the Liberal Party will vote in favour of Conservative Bill C-42, a bill that would see air passenger information shared with foreign entities.

In some cases, like flying from Halifax to the Caribbean, Canadians’ private information would be shared with US authorities despite never landing in the US.

Funny, since Michael Ignatieff said this last month about proposals on the Canada US-Border:

The content of the proposal and the manner in which it came about raise serious questions about the government’s commitment to defending our sovereignty, our privacy and our rights as Canadian citizens
– Michael Ignatieff, Globe & Mail, Feb 10, 2011

New Democrats made compelling arguments against C-42. So did some Liberals, 4 months ago.

The Liberal Party has very strong concerns about the erosion of Canadian sovereignty expressed in this bill.
– John McCallum, Hansard, October 19, 2010

Not clear enough? Maybe Joe Volpe can clarify further.

This bill is a total abnegation of our sovereignty responsibility. Can anyone imagine letting a foreign authority, not the government, but a competent authority within the government of another country, determine what it must know about whatever passenger boards a plane in Canada to go someplace else or another place in order to come to Canada?
– Joe Volpe, Hansard, October 19, 2010

And Martha Hall Findlay come on down!

…We are now being held hostage. If a Liberal government had been asked to do this, we would have asked how we could work this out so we did not accede to this and sacrifice the privacy of Canadians.
– Martha Hall Findlay, February 3, 2011

But today, Liberals will vote in favour of Stephen Harper’s “abnegation of our sovereign responsibility.”

You can’t trust the Michael Ignatieff Liberals to stand up for Canadians’ privacy.