The Spy Who Blogged Me

How we learned to stop worrying and love surveillance
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David LeeApril 12, 2008 00:44 EST

Hello Mr. Niedzviecki. I read your interesting piece in the Walrus and noticed a line near the end where where you say someone at SpyTech said "Pretty cool, huh?" Since you say that Spy Tech is an Ontario outfit I was surprised your friend didn't say "Pretty cool, eh?" Recently, I have been noticing what seems to be a new trend in Canada of replacing the traditional "eh?" with the American "huh." I would like to know if you, as a writer and observer of Canadian life, have noticed this too. Could it be that young, urban Canadians have decided that "eh?" is hick and "huh?" is hip?

AnonymousApril 12, 2008 10:38 EST

Whatevs, we still say eh eh?

Richard SmithApril 14, 2008 09:17 EST

I have to agree with the SCP: surveillance is debated in Canada, and vigorously. The Kelowna RCMP's plan was subject to intense scrutiny by the Privacy Commissioner, the Vancouver Police proposals for cameras in the downtown eastside has been rejected at least twice (most recently based on an excellent internal report that revealed that research shows it just doesn't work the way it is purported to).

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