tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post5834325734310476183..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Because obsessing over EVERYONE'S civil liberties is hard werk.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-29850964850516745832008-04-27T09:02:00.000-04:002008-04-27T09:02:00.000-04:00Maybe Mike just isn't that knowledgeable about how...Maybe Mike just isn't that knowledgeable about how inspections work. I've done some work for some provincial law enforcement groups, and they describe inspectors as having "superpowers". They can walk into any establishment covered by the bill, take or test any samples they want, demand to look at any documentation they want... that's how our laws are enforced a lot of the time.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, inspections work is completely segregated from criminal investigative work. Investigators can't send inspectors on fishing trips, or get them to find out specific information. Those kinds of restrictions are there to ensure that the inspections don't do what Mike thinks they will do.<BR/><BR/>Hardly the sign of a police state, for those of us who have some (or any) exposure to that kind of stuff.<BR/><BR/>Not that I condone bringing forward any kind of bill like this without public consultation; it's kind of funny that this, of all things, is what gets Mike and his cohorts' outrage though.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.com