Pubdate: Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66
Author: Theodore Pedersen

PRIVACY TAKES SUPREMACY

Re: "Sniffer dogs a welcome sight for this reader," Letter, April 28.

I disagree most strongly with Sudhir Jain. He criticizes the Supreme 
Court of Canada's decision upholding individual rights and freedoms 
by finding that police cannot violate principles by using sniffer 
dogs in a hunting-for-suspects role. In our freedom-loving country, 
we are protected from a police state. Our individual freedoms 
prohibit the police from stopping and searching anyone without proper 
reason to do so. Jain should realize these protections are in place 
to safeguard all unreasonable searches, including stopping and 
searching someone for terrorist activities just because he wears a 
turban and a beard.

Theodore Pedersen,

Calgary
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