%0 Journal Article
%T Invading the Mind: The Right to Privacy and the Definition of Terrorism in Canada
%A Alysia Davies
%J University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal
%D 2006
%I 
%X This paper deals with the predictive crime model that was unleashed in the war against terrorism and its implications for the right to privacy in Canada. The paper is divided into four parts. First, it examines the definition of terrorism found in the 2001 anti-terrorism legislation, which includes a motivational element that requires investigators to prove an offence was committed ¡°for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause.¡± Then it discusses the development and philosophical underpinnings of the right to privacy and the current state of protection for this right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, with a particular focus on the nascent privacy jurisprudence under section 7. The paper then lays out a hypothetical scenario based on the application of offences under the anti-terrorism legislation, and demonstrates how the interests that the right to privacy is supposed to protect could be violated by provisions that are based on the terrorism definition. Finally, the paper looks at the direction that Charter jurisprudence may need to take in order to protect privacy in the future, looking in particular at the principles of fundamental justice under section 7, their current content, and the need to adapt them to the new technological crimefighting environment. *************** L¡¯article traite du mod¨¨le de la criminalit¨¦ pr¨¦dictive d¨¦velopp¨¦ dans le cadre de la lutte contre le terrorisme et de ses r¨¦percussions sur le droit ¨¤ la vie priv¨¦e au Canada. L¡¯article est subdivis¨¦ en quatre parties. La premi¨¨re examine la d¨¦finition du terrorisme ¨¦nonc¨¦e dans la loi antiterrorisme de 2001, qui comporte un ¨¦l¨¦ment motivationnel obligeant les responsables d¡¯enqu¨ºte ¨¤ d¨¦montrer qu¡¯une infraction a ¨¦t¨¦ commise   au nom d¡¯un but, d¡¯un objectif ou d¡¯une cause de nature politique, religieuse ou id¨¦ologique  . La deuxi¨¨me examine l¡¯¨¦volution et les fondements philosophiques du droit ¨¤ la vie priv¨¦e et l¡¯¨¦tat actuel de cette protection en vertu de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert¨¦s, plus particuli¨¨rement en jetant un regard sur la jurisprudence nouvelle en mati¨¨re de la vie priv¨¦e fond¨¦e sur l¡¯article 7. Troisi¨¨mement, l¡¯article pr¨¦sente un sc¨¦nario hypoth¨¦tique fond¨¦ sur les infractions de terrorisme pr¨¦vues dans cette loi et d¨¦montre comment les int¨¦r¨ºts que cherchent ¨¤ prot¨¦ger le droit ¨¤ la vie priv¨¦e peuvent faire l¡¯objet d¡¯atteintes par la mise en oeuvre des dispositions appliquant la d¨¦finition du terrorisme. Enfin, l¡¯article explore la voie que pourrait devoir suivre la jurisprudence fond¨¦e sur la Charte afin de
%K terrorism
%K anti-terrorism law
%K privacy
%K privacy rights and Canadian Charter of Rights and
%U http://www.uoltj.ca/articles/vol3.1/2006.3.1.uoltj.Davies.249-296.pdf