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extrabeurre · 5 years ago

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IL PLEUVAIT DES OISEAUX en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2020

En direct du salon de Guillaume Lambert, les nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma (qui ne fera pas l’objet d’un rassemblement télévisuel cette année, confinement oblige) ont été dévoilées cet après-midi.

En cette année dominée par les réalisatrices, 6 des meilleurs films sont réalisés par des femmes et 3 femmes sont en lice pour l’Iris de la Meilleure réalisation.

On parle bien sûr d’Antigone de Sophie Deraspe (Meilleur film, Meilleure réalisation, Meilleur scénario), La femme de mon frère de Monia Chokri (Meilleur film, Meilleure réalisation), Kuessipan de Myriam Verreault (Meilleur film, Meilleure réalisation, Meilleur scénario), Jeune Juliette d’Anne Émond (Meilleur film, Meilleur scénario), Il pleuvait des oiseaux et Louise Archambault (Meilleur film, Meilleur scénario, et 13 nominations au total, le record cette année), et du plus inattendu Fabuleuses de Mélanie Charbonneau (Meilleur film).

Ces films réalisés par des femmes sont rejoints dans les catégories de pointe par les « films de gars » Mafia Inc de Podz (Meilleur film), Sympathie pour le diable de Guillaume de Fontenay (Meilleure réalisation, Meilleur scénario), et Le vingtième siècle de Matthew Rankin (Meilleur premier film, Meilleure réalisation).

Un grand oublié : Xavier Dolan, qui a lancé deux longs métrages l’an dernier. On ne s’attendait pas à un couronnement du mal-aimé The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, mais l’excellent Matthias & Maxime aurait mérité plus d’honneurs. Il est quand même en nomination dans les catégories Meilleure interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien (Micheline Bernard), Meilleure interprétation masculine dans un rôle de soutien (Pier-Luc Funk), Meilleure direction de la photographie (André Turpin), Meilleur montage (Xavier Dolan), Meilleure musique originale (Jean-Michel Blais) et Meilleur maquillage (Erik Gosselin, Edwina Voda).

Du côté des interprètes, je suis soulagé que mon long métrage québécois préféré depuis longtemps, Le rire de Martin Laroche, ait été au moins reconnu pour les brillantes performances de Léane Labrèche-Dor (Premier rôle féminin) et Micheline Lanctôt (Rôle de soutien féminin).

Il faut aussi souligner les deux nominations comme acteur de Robin Aubert, pour Jeune Juliette (Premier rôle masculin) et Merci pour tout (Rôle de soutien masculin).

Et une pensée pour Andrée Lachapelle, qui nous a quittés récemment, nommée comme Meilleure actrice pour Il pleuvait des oiseaux.

Parlant d’Il pleuvait des oiseaux , félicitations à Will Driving West, un de mes groupes préférés, parmi les finalistes de la catégorie Meilleure musique originale.

Aussi, je suis très heureux pour l’extraordinaire Je finirai en prison d’Alexandre Dostie, en nomination pour l’Iris du meilleur court métrage.

LISTE COMPLÈTE DES NOMINATIONS

MEILLEUR FILM

Antigone - ACPAV - Marc Daigle

Fabuleuses - GO Films - Nicole Robert

La femme de mon frère - Metafilms - Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant

Il pleuvait des oiseaux - Les Films Outsiders - Ginette Petit

Jeune Juliette - Metafilms - Sylvain Corbeil

Kuessipan - Max Films Média - Félize Frappier

Mafia Inc - Attraction Images - Antonello Cozzolino | Caramel Films - Valérie D'Auteuil, André Rouleau

MEILLEUR PREMIER FILM

Mad Dog Labine - Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard - 1er scénario de Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard

Sympathie pour le diable - Guillaume de Fontenay - 1er scénario de Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault

Le vingtième siècle - Matthew Rankin - 1er scénario de Matthew Rankin

MEILLEURE RÉALISATION

Monia Chokri - La femme de mon frère

Guillaume de Fontenay - Sympathie pour le diable

Sophie Deraspe - Antigone

Matthew Rankin - Le vingtième siècle

Myriam Verreault - Kuessipan

MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO

Louise Archambault - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Jean Barbe, Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault - Sympathie pour le diable

Sophie Deraspe - Antigone

Anne Émond - Jeune Juliette

Naomi Fontaine, Myriam Verreault - Kuessipan

MEILLEURE INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE | PREMIER RÔLE

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé (Sophia) - La femme de mon frère

Anne Dorval (Isabelle Brodeur) - 14 jours 12 nuits

Léane Labrèche-Dor (Valérie) - Le rire

Andrée Lachapelle (Gertrude | Marie-Desneige) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Noémie O'Farrell (Laurie) - Fabuleuses

MEILLEURE INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE | PREMIER RÔLE

Robin Aubert (Bernard) - Jeune Juliette

Marc-André Grondin (Vincent «Vince »Gamache) - Mafia Inc

Patrick Hivon (Karim) - La femme de mon frère

Niels Schneider (Paul Marchand) - Sympathie pour le diable

Gilbert Sicotte (Charlie) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

MEILLEURE INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE | RÔLE DE SOUTIEN

Micheline Bernard (Francine) - Matthias & Maxime

Juliette Gosselin (Clara Diamond) - Fabuleuses

Micheline Lanctôt (Jeanne) - Le rire

Eve Landry (Rafaëlle [Raf]) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Geneviève Schmidt (France Gauthier) - Menteur

MEILLEURE INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE | RÔLE DE SOUTIEN

Robin Aubert (Réjean) - Merci pour tout

Sergio Castellitto (Francesco « Franck » Paternò) - Mafia Inc

Pier-Luc Funk (Rivette) - Matthias & Maxime

Sasson Gabai (Hichem) - La femme de mon frère

Rémy Girard (Tom) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

RÉVÉLATION DE L'ANNÉE

Catherine Chabot (Chloé Therrien) - Menteur

Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao (Mikuan Vollant [16-21ans]) - Kuessipan

Alexane Jamieson (Juliette) - Jeune Juliette

Nahéma Ricci (Antigone) - Antigone

Lilou Roy-Lanouette (Yanna) - Jouliks

MEILLEURE DISTRIBUTION DES RÔLES

Jacinthe Beaudet, Tobie Fraser, Geneviève Hébert, Myriam Verreault - Kuessipan

Nathalie Boutrie (Casting NB) - Jeune Juliette

Nathalie Boutrie (Casting NB) | Francis Cantin, Bruno Rosato (Casting Cantin Rosato) - Mafia Inc

Sophie Deraspe, Isabelle Couture | Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson (Gros Plan) - Antigone

Karel Quinn (Casting Karel Quinn) | Lucie Robitaille (Casting Lucie Robitaille) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE

Éric Barbeau - La femme de mon frère

Dany Boivin - Le vingtième siècle

Marie-Claude Gosselin, Jean Lebourdais - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Sylvain Lemaitre - Jeune Juliette

David Pelletier - Mafia Inc

MEILLEURE DIRECTION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE

Yves Bélanger - 14 jours 12 nuits

Nicolas Canniccioni - Kuessipan

Josée Deshaies - La femme de mon frère

Mathieu Laverdière - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

André Turpin - Matthias & Maxime

MEILLEUR SON

Claude Beaugrand, Michel B. Bordeleau, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye, Raymond Legault - The Song of Names

Sylvain Bellemare, Jocelyn Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl - Sympathie pour le diable

Serge Boivin, Olivier Calvert, Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau - Ville Neuve

Luc Boudrias, Sylvain Brassard, Jean Camden - Mafia Inc

Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sacha Ratcliffe, Lynne Trépanier - Le vingtième siècle

MEILLEUR MONTAGE

Geoffrey Boulangé, Sophie Deraspe - Antigone

Monia Chokri, Justine Gauthier - La femme de mon frère

Xavier Dolan - Matthias & Maxime

Myriam Poirier - 14 jours 12 nuits

Matthew Rankin - Le vingtième siècle

MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS

Alchimie 24 - Alain Lachance, Jean-Pierre Riverin - The Song of Names

Mikros - Véronique Dessard, Philippe Frère - The Hummingbird Project

Oblique FX - Benoit Brière, Louis-Philippe Clavet, Kinga Sabela - Sympathie pour le diable

MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE

Andréa Bélanger, David Ratté (Will Driving West) - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Jean-Michel Blais - Matthias & Maxime

Jean Massicotte, Jad Orphée Chami - Antigone

Howard Shore - The Song of Names

Peter Venne - Le vingtième siècle

MEILLEURS COSTUMES

Valérie Lévesque - Mafia Inc

Ginette Magny - Jouliks

Patricia McNeil - La femme de mon frère

Patricia McNeil - Le vingtième siècle

Caroline Poirier - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

MEILLEUR MAQUILLAGE

Jeanne Lafond - Jouliks

Léonie Lévesque-Robert - Fabuleuses

Marlène Rouleau - Mafia Inc

Adriana Verbert - Le vingtième siècle

Erik Gosselin, Edwina Voda - Matthias & Maxime

MEILLEURE COIFFURE

Michelle Côté - The Song of Names

Stéphanie Deflandre - Mafia Inc

Nermin Grbic - Le vingtième siècle

Daniel Jacob - Fabuleuses

Martin Lapointe - Il pleuvait des oiseaux

MEILLEUR FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

Alexandre le fou - Pedro Pires | Pedro Pires

Mad Dog & The Butcher - Les derniers vilains - Thomas Rinfret | Divertissement Breakout - Vito Balenzano, Bruno Rosato | Vélocité International - Valérie Bissonnette

Soleils noirs - Julien Elie | Cinéma Belmopán - Julien Elie

Xalko - Hind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer | Les films de la tortue - Hind Benchekroun | Sami Mermer

Ziva Postec. La monteuse derrière le film Shoah - Catherine Hébert | Les Films Camera Oscura - Christine Falco

MEILLEURE DIRECTION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE | FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

Dominic Dorval, Vincent Masse, Thomas Rinfret, Richard Tremblay - Mad Dog & The Butcher - Les derniers vilains

Sami Mermer - Xalko

François Messier-Rheault, Ernesto Pardo - Soleils noirs

Pedro Pires - Alexandre le fou

Pedro Ruiz - Sur les toits Havane

MEILLEUR MONTAGE | FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

Benoit Côté, Thomas Rinfret - Mad Dog & The Butcher - Les derniers vilains

Sylvia De Angelis, Sophie Leblond, Pedro Pires - Alexandre le fou

Aube Foglia - Soleils noirs

Annie Jean - Ziva Postec. La monteuse derrière le film Shoah

Natalie Lamoureux - Une femme, ma mère

MEILLEUR SON | FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

Wolfgang Beck, Mustafa Bölükbasi, Kerem Çakir, Huseyin Can Erol, Sonat Hançer, Eric Lebœuf, Bruno Pucella, Ibrahim Tarhan, Yener Yalçin, Tolga Yelekçi - Échos d'Istanbul

Luc Boudrias, Patrice LeBlanc - Une femme, ma mère

Sylvain Brassard, Benoit Leduc, Gaël Poisson Lemay - Alexandre le fou

Shelley Craig, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Luc Léger, Geoffrey Mitchell - La fin des terres

René Portillo - Sur les toits Havane

MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE | FICTION

Je finirai en prison - Alexandre Dostie | Art & Essai - Hany Ouichou

Jojo - Guillaume Laurin | Couronne Nord - Fanny Forest, Julie Groleau, Guillaume Laurin

Juste moi et toi - Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers | Les Films Camera Oscura - Johannie Deschambault

SDR - Alexa-Jeanne Dubé | À Deux - Emili Mercier

Une bombe au cœur - Rémi St-Michel | Christal Films Productions - Christian Larouche | Panache Films - Sébastien Létourneau

MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE | ANIMATION

Le cortège - Pascal Blanchet, Rodolphe Saint-Gelais | Office national du film du Canada - Julie Roy

Le mal du siècle - Catherine Lepage | Office national du film du Canada - Marc Bertrand

Organic - Steven Woloshen | Steven Woloshen

Physique de la tristesse - Theodore Ushev | Office national du film du Canada - Marc Bertrand

Les vêtements - Caroline Blais | Caroline Blais

FILM S'ÉTANT LE PLUS ILLUSTRÉ À L'EXTÉRIEUR DU QUÉBEC

Antigone - Sophie Deraspe | ACPAV - Marc Daigle | Maison 4:3

La femme de mon frère - Monia Chokri | Metafilms - Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant | Les Films Séville

Genèse - Philippe Lesage | Unité centrale - Galilé Marion-Gauvin | FunFilm Distribution

Kuessipan - Myriam Verreault | Max Films Média - Félize Frappier | Filmoption International

Répertoire des villes disparues - Denis Côté | Couzin Films - Ziad Touma | Maison 4:3

PRIX DU PUBLIC

La femme de mon frère - Monia Chokri | Les Films Séville | Metafilms - Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant

Il pleuvait des oiseaux - Louise Archambault | MK2 | Mile End | Les Films Outsiders - Ginette Petit

Mafia Inc - Daniel Grou (Podz) | Les Films Séville | Attraction Images - Antonello Cozzolino | Caramel Films - Valérie D'Auteuil, André Rouleau

Menteur - Émile Gaudreault | Les Films Séville | Les Films du Lac - Émile Gaudreault | Cinémaginaire - Denise Robert

Merci pour tout - Louise Archambault | Les Films Séville | Amalga - André Dupuy

IRIS HOMMAGE

Alanis Obomsawin

#gala québec cinéma #il pleuvait des oiseaux #andrée lachapelle

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pnwpol · 5 years ago

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On Tuesday, Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien found the Canadian Border Services Agency violated the law when examining devices at the border. This mainly included viewing travellers’ cellphones and laptops.

Vancouver immigration lawyer Richard Kurland explains this isn’t surprising.

“The report properly points out that technology is reigning supreme, into a kind of surveillance capitalism. Big business exploits technology. Gone between the cracks are individual privacy rights,” he tells NEWS 1130. “The difficulty is that technology develops, business exploits technology, the government falls far, far behind, and the legal system is at a place behind the government.”

He advises everyone to protect themselves when travelling across the border since the federal government can’t stay on top of all the searches.

“There is no secret sauce; magic recipe, when it comes to big government or border crossings. Those are kind of, information retrieval, free-of-consent zones.”

When it comes to finding a long-term solution, Kurland says he wants an ombudsperson to look into the complaints regarding border agents.

“One of the largest law enforcement bodies in all Canada — CBSA — still goes without the public interest of scrutiny,” he says.

Jan 7, 2020

#cdnpoli #border policy #privacy #surveillance capitalism

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chrissi2810 · 5 years ago

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Every Bill Bailey I saw

from top to bottom, left to right:

Nils Haberstroh - German Tent Tour, 2011

Daniel Therrien - German Tent Tour, 2013

Jon-Scott Clark - London Palladium, 2015

Aaron Hunt - International Tour, 2017

#Cats #Cats I saw #Cats Musical #Cats the Musical #CatsMusical #Jellicle #Jellicles #CatsTheMusical #Tumblebrutus #Bill Bailey #Cats Bill Bailey #Tumble #BillBailey #CatsBillBailey #Musicals #Musical #Theatre

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onpoli · 6 years ago

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Canada’s privacy czar is taking Facebook to court after finding the social-media giant’s lax practices allowed personal information to be used for political purposes.

A long-awaited joint report from privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien and his British Columbia counterpart, Michael McEvoy, uncovered major shortcomings in Facebook’s procedures and called for stronger laws to protect Canadians.

The commissioners expressed dismay Thursday that Facebook had rebuffed their findings and recommendations.

“It is completely unacceptable,” Therrien told a news conference, lamenting his office’s lack of enforcement powers. “I cannot, as a regulator, insist that they act responsibly.”

#canadian politics #canpoli #onpoli #ontario #data security #facebook

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musicalfan94 · 6 years ago

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Happy New Year Audio Gift

Anastasia Das Musical 06.12.2018 (Stuttgart)

Les Miserables 1998 (Belgium castalbum)

Vámpírok Bája 2007 (Hungarian Cast Album)

Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame 15.11.2017 (Müchnen)

#audio gift #audio bootleg #Anastasia das Musical #Les Miserables #tanz der vampire #Der Glöckner von Notre Dame

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don-lichterman · 2 years ago

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Québec Solidaire loses Rouyn-Noranda seat as voters opt for more nuanced approach to smelter pollution

For many voters in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., a primary concern in this week’s election was getting control of toxic emissions coming from the Horne copper smelter. But instead of re-electing the left-leaning, environmentalist Québec Solidaire MNA Émilise Lessard-Therrien, they opted for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) candidate, Daniel Bernard, a former mining executive. Before entering politics,…

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hellenic-reconstructionism · 2 years ago

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Isn't it insane that this company broke so many laws internationally and still exists?

[Alt text: Screenshot of a Wikipedia article reading: In August 2020, The New York Times reported that Clearview had hired First Amendment and Pentagon Papers lawyer Floyd Abrams. Abrams has argued 13 cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, most notably Citizens United v. FEC, and stated that the issue of privacy rights versus free speech in the First Amendment could reach the Supreme Court. In July 2020, Clearview AI announced that it was pulling out of the Canadian market amidst joint investigations into the company and the use of its product by police forces. Daniel Therrien, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada condemned Clearview AI's use of scraped biometric data: "What Clearview does is mass surveillance and it is illegal. It is completely unacceptable for millions of people who will never be implicated in any crime to find themselves continually in a police lineup." In June 2021, Therrien found that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had broken Canadian privacy law through hundreds of illegal searches using Clearview AI. In January 2021, Clearview AI's biometric photo database was deemed illegal in the EU by the Hamburg data protection authority (DPA). The deletion of a affected person's biometric data was ordered. The authority stated that GDPR is applicable despite the fact that Clearview AI has no European branch. In March 2020, they had requested Clearview AI's customer list, as data protection obligations would also apply to the customers.The data protection advocacy organization NOYB criticized the DPA's decision as the DPA issued an order protecting only the individual complainant instead of an order banning the collection of any European resident's photos.In November 2021, Clearview received a provisional notice by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to stop processing its citizens' data citing a range of alleged breaches. The company was also notified of a potential fine of approximately $22.6 million. Clearview claimed that the ICO's allegations were factually inaccurate which it would consider appealing as the company "does not do business in the UK, and does not have any UK customers at this time." The ICO released a statement that a final determination on Clearview would be occur until mid-2022. The BBC reported on 23 May that the company had been fined "more than £7.5m by the UK's privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents." In May 2022, Clearview agreed to settle a 2020 lawsuit from the ACLU, which prohibited the sale of its facial recognition database to private individuals and businesses. Clearview paid $250,000 in legal fees and agreed to limit its 20 billion facial photo database to government agencies. In May 2022, Clearview was ordered to delete all data belonging to UK residents’ facial recognition data by the country’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC). Additionally, the ICO fined Clearview £7.5 million for failing to follow the UK’s data protection laws. This fine marked the fourth of its type placed on Clearview, after similar orders and fines issued from Australia, France, and Italy. /EndID]

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junkyard-gifs · 4 years ago

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Just Alonzo wearing Mistoffelees’ clothes, nbd, nbd... 👀

Sam Murphy, German tent tour 2013. Moderately nsfw comment under the cut...

(For context: Mark John Richardson is first cast Mistoffelees, and Daniel Therrien plays Tumblebrutus.)

#2010 german tour #2013 german tour #c: alonzo #alonzoxmistoffelees #alonzoxtumblebrutus #backstage #artist quotes #daniel therrien #sam murphy

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forever-living-products-world · 2 years ago

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What does Tim Hortons think your data is worth? A coffee and donut apparently

What does Tim Hortons think your data is worth? A coffee and donut, apparently What does Tim Hortons think your data is worth? A coffee and donut, apparently Business sign of a Tim Horton’s cafeteria. | Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images Tim Hortons, the Canadian fast food chain accused of using its mobile app to collect “vast amounts of sensitive location data” in violation of Canadian privacy laws, says it’s reached a proposed settlement in the resulting class action lawsuits, Vice reports. To make up for tracking users, recording their movements “every few minutes” even when the app was closed, the chain is proposing to give affected users… a free hot beverage and a free baked good worth a little under $9 CAD plus tax. Customers started receiving emails detailing the proposed settlement on Friday, and screenshots were posted to Twitter by James McLeod. “You are receiving this email in connection with a proposed settlement, subject to Court approval, of a national class action lawsuit involving the Tim Hortons app and the collection of geolocation data between April 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020,” the email reads. “As part of the proposed settlement agreement, eligible app users will receive a free hot beverage and a free baked good.” This has gotta go in a textbook or something. pic.twitter.com/ibSPFLl0km — James McLeod (@jamespmcleod) July 29, 2022 As well as offering the drink and snack (which hold a retail value of $6.19 CAD and $2.39 CAD plus taxes respectively), Tim Hortons has also committed to permanently deleting all geolocation about group members. Crucially, however, the restaurant chain tells Global News that the proposed settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing, and that the allegations have not been proven in a court of law. The allegations surfaced in a report from the National Post, when a reporter found that the app had tracked their location over 2,700 times in under five months. A subsequent investigation by Canadian privacy watchdogs said that although the app asked for location tracking permission, it misled users into thinking they would only be tracked while using the app. Instead, they were allegedly tracked throughout their day, allowing Tim Hortons to infer where they lived, where they worked, and to analyze when they visited competing restaurants or major sporting venues. The company had initially planned to use this information for targeted advertising, but ended up using it to analyze user trends, like working out when they may have switched to rival coffee chains. “Tim Hortons clearly crossed the line by amassing a huge amount of highly sensitive information about its customers,” Canada’s privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said when the report was released. “Following people’s movements every few minutes of every day was clearly an inappropriate form of surveillance.” “We’re pleased to have reached a proposed settlement, subject to Court approval, in the four class action lawsuits in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario involving the Tim Hortons app,” a spokesperson for the chain told Vice. “As part of the proposed settlement agreement, eligible app users will receive a free hot beverage and a free baked good.” “All parties agree this is a fair settlement and we look forward to the Superior Court of Quebec’s decision on the proposal. We are confident that pending the Quebec court’s approval of the settlement, the courts in British Columbia and Ontario will recognize the settlement,” they said. https://ift.tt/XhCJ0BO https://ift.tt/6h5z3lD

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allthecanadianpolitics · 4 years ago

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2020 – ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB

The Grand Chief of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization is standing by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh for calling out racism and police use of force in Canada while requesting more RCMP accountability. The Grand Chief also commended Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for supporting Singh.

“We all have a responsibility to call out racism when we see it,” said Grand Chief Jerry Daniels. “Canada is not exempt from systemic racism and the unjust use of police force.”

In recent weeks, police across Canada have come under scrutiny for their treatment of Indigenous and black communities and peoples. In New Brunswick, the RCMP shot and killed Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi, both First Nation members. Video of the beating of Chief Allan Adam by RCMP in Alberta came to light recently, as did footage of an RCMP officer hitting an Inuk man with the door of his vehicle. In a span of only 10 days in the spring of 2020, Jason Collins, Stewart Kevin Andres, and Eishia Hudson, all Indigenous, were fatally shot by Winnipeg police officers.

“We have seen too many tragic killings of our people,” said Grand Chief Daniels. “It’s time to stop systemic racism everywhere and within every police force, including the RCMP.”

This week, Singh presented a House of Commons motion recognizing the existence of systemic racism in the RCMP. The motion also asked Members of Parliament (MP) to support a review of the RCMP’s budget, and to demand the RCMP release all of its use-of-force reports. Bloc MP Alain Therrien was the only one to vote against the bill and Singh called him a racist.

Grand Chief Daniels noted there are questions about RCMP funding, as the budget for the RCMP in Quebec grew by 34 per cent according to the most recent budget breakdown by Statistics Canada. While there are more than 900 RCMP officers in Quebec, the force does little community policing and no municipal policing, and the Sûreté du Québec provides provincial services.

The Southern Chiefs’ Organization represents 34 First Nations in what is now called southern Manitoba. SCO is an independent political organization that protects, preserves, promotes, and enhances First Nations peoples’ inherent rights, languages, customs, and traditions through the application and implementation of the spirit and intent of the Treaty-making process.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada @abpoli

#First Nations #Indigenous #jagmeet singh #Racism #cdnpol

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