One soldier, shot dead, one or more gunmen shot dead. Suspected to be 3 gunmen in total. Some media pronouncing it a terrorist act.
One pretty good source for English readers: https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcOTT?src=hash
As a Canadian my condolences go out to the family of the soldier… a secondary feeling is that the government will now have a pretext to invade even more of our private lives.
I’m a fellow Canadian with family in Ottawa and I feel the same. I love Ottawa and the Ottawa valley region. I would suspect that by now all governments are listening into every keystroke that you and I make, so it can’t get much worse than it already is
I have no problem with security services listening to what I say or reading what I write, if this makes it possible to prevent terrorist acts or crimes. I only have a problem with the concentration of power in the hands of a few, or the arrogance of those in power.
As long government understands that it works for the citizens, and not vice versa, I am prepared to allow them to snoop on me for the safety of a majority of citizens. The strength of a society is based on the diversity of interest groups, civic organizations, and a sense of solidarity amongst all citizens.
“diversity of interest groups, civic organizations, and a sense of solidarity amongst all citizens”
these are not obvious entities… when is “diversity” taken too far? who decides that? there could be a lot of grey areas where people without means will be victimised by others who do not feel arrogant at all
" the ideal is the enemy of the good" . I don’t look for utopian solutions. Neither society nor humans are perfect nor will they ever be. Perfect is the enemy of good - Wikipedia