A czar? An ombud? Is he an imperial dictator stumbling in a democractic technological world or a new nordic-style Enemy of the People raging at a storm? George Radwanski, Canada's Federal Privacy Commissioner, speaks of scary things. He has also ticked off parliamentarians over his travel: apparently - and perhaps ironically - there was whiteout on some of his expense filings. Also last week, he had a case tossed brought against the RCMP for using surveillance cameras to watch people in a public area.

I have researched the camera issue and find it very scary stuff. Forget ideas of cruller chewing, coffee slurping guys watching tv screens for baddies - you are being automatically scanned, cross-referenced and catalogued.

If George don't have the power to stop the state from choosing to do this stuff, who does?