🤩 CANCELED! 🤩
(Update at the bottom)
They’re trying to weed out dissidents. They want to use drones to look for groups of 10+ people this summer.
The proposal looking for drones is here:
The petition to fight it is here:
High River’s MLA’s email address is here:
Mr Roger Reid, MLA
Here is my first quick letter. Feel free to copy:
Dear _______________,
I am extremely concerned about the proposal to spy on campers and people out camping.
It’s one thing to use drones for search and rescue, another thing entirely to spy on families going camping and trying to weed out “dissidents.”
Please fight against this becoming a practice in Alberta!
This is something that should only happen in authoritarian, secretive, tyrannical regimes.
Have we not lost enough of our privacy already?
Thank you,
__________________
Here’s the update on the cancelation:
But Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon said Tuesday the request was not reviewed or approved by anyone in his office before it was posted. "As soon as I became aware of the request for suppliers related to Long Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones) I instructed by department to suspend it," Nixon said in a statement to CBC News. "These devices should not and will not be used to monitor visitors while they recreate in our parks or public lands. I have been clear with my department, that while drones are an effective and cost-effective tool for wildfire monitoring and search and rescue assistance, they must never be used to encroach on privacy." The government cancelled the RFP and removed the bid documents from the Alberta Purchasing Connection website by 11 a.m. Tuesday. Media had started making inquiries and at least one outlet had published a story by that time.
At least it means that petitions, protests, public outcry actually do something.
Crazy they were even thinking about it.
After I also emailed my MP John Barlow, his office replied with the following:
I couldn't agree more.
Again, it's this guy:
Mr Roger Reid, MLA
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