I spoke with Micheal Vonn, policy director at the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), whose group partnered with digital rights group OpenMedia to launch the lawsuit. The suit directly challenges the legality of CSEC’s ability to collect a variety of data on Canadians. Under secret ministerial authorizations, CSEC is allowed to collect the content of Canadians’ communications with foreigners, as well as metadata about Canadians at home. One obvious problem with this is that the global nature of the Internet makes distinguishing foreign and domestic communiques very murky. The BCCLA contends that all this interception and collection goes against the Charter freedoms from unreasonable search and seizure and the Charter freedom of speech and expression.