Canada Border Services Agency: Government

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart Dept: Criticism mounted Friday, with charges the government violated the privacy and dignity of those filmed during production of Border Security: Canada's Front Line, according to Calgary Herald. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart plans to question the Canada Border Services Agency about how it handles privacy issues during the show's production and The Harper government refused Friday to explain why it is co-operating with a B.C.-based reality show that has obtained exclusive rights to film busts of drug smugglers and "phoney immigrants." Opposition MPs said it's a misuse of tax dollars and resources, in order to promote the government's and the Conservative party's law-and-order agenda. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.