Big brother is watching everything.... and costing taxpayers millions

Ottawa admits to tracking hundreds of protests

OTTAWA—Ottawa has kept tabs on hundreds of demonstrations across Canada and around the world over the last eight years, from peaceful protests to public university lectures to riots.
 

Newly released documents show about 800 public demonstrations and events were observed and reported on by government departments and law enforcement agencies since 2006.
 

Reports were collected centrally by the Government Operations Centre, an agency tasked with preparing the federal government’s response to emergencies. Some were collected by Foreign Affairs on international protests, but the majority focused on domestic events — especially First Nations protests and environmental activism.
 

Some appear to be media reports detailing the events, but others were prepared by Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, and the RCMP.

Read more: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/09/18/ottawa_admits_to_tracking_hundreds_of_protests.html