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Source: Surveillance of La Presse reporter a ‘serious attack on freedom of the press in Canada’

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Montreal police used 24 surveillance warrants this year to track La Presse columnist Patrick Lagacé’s GPS location and obtain identities of people he spoke to using his iPhone. Officials have not violated any laws, Montreal police Chief Philippe Pichet said, while others have called the move an example of abusive surveillance by authorities.

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📱 La Presse columnist Patrick Lagacé’s iPhone was tracked by police using GPS chip and police obtained identities of people he spoke to using the phone.

🕵🏻 Law enforcement and judges who are overstepping boundaries in surveillance began surfacing after Bill C-51 was passed under the previous Conservative government.

👥 Law enforcement in Quebec has been also been spying on journalists or fighting journalists to reveal the names of anonymous sources in court.

🔍 While the current ruling party, the Liberals pledged to change “problematic” parts of Bill C-51, the movement is yet to take place.

💻 A rogue group of Mounties once spied on two Canadian journalists for more than a week without any authorisation.

🤔 Lagacé believes that the police obtained surveillance warrants to investigate a story that was embarrassingly reported by a competitor first, and to determine the identity of his sources in the police department.

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