Tamir Israel
CanadaactivistMale4.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Tamir Israel is the director of the privacy, surveillance, and technology program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, where he advocates for the protection of individual privacy rights and raises concerns about legislative measures that threaten those rights.
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Tamir Israel expressed disappointment over the government's lack of extensive changes to the bill.
Public Safety Minister makes changes to lawful access billCanada· 2026-06-19
Tamir Israel, the director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s privacy, surveillance and technologies program, warned that the powers would allow any official tasked with enforcing a federal law to get a detailed picture of someone’s activities.
Public Safety Minister set to table new version of strong borders bill after slew of criticismCanada· 2025-10-07
Tamir Israel, director of the CCLA’s privacy, surveillance and technology program, expressed concern over a drafting error in the legislation.
Strong-borders bill could compromise cybersecurity in Canada, experts warnCanada· 2025-09-17
Tamir Israel, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s privacy, surveillance and technology program, warned that the bill would enable enforcement to find out without a warrant what prayer app someone is using.
Ottawa’s strong borders bill could infringe on Charter and privacy rights, parliamentary study warnsCanada· 2025-08-27
Tamir Israel warned that the bill could put asylum seekers at risk by allowing broad information sharing.
Passport and visa details could be shared with police, U.S. under border bill, critics warnCanada· 2025-06-19
Tamir Israel is the director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s privacy, surveillance and technologies program.
Border bill powers would allow warrantless police requests to doctors, abortion clinics, hotelsCanada· 2025-06-16
Tamir Israel, director of the CCLA’s privacy, surveillance and technology program, said the section of the bill raised serious questions about privacy.
Advocates question tax-cut bill’s plan to shield federal parties from provincial privacy lawsCanada· 2025-06-09
