Police want 25-cent surcharge on phone bills to fund wiretaps [Canada] / CBC, 16 Aug 2004

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/08/16/phone_surcharge040816.html "The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police wants every phone and internet customer in the country to pay a surcharge of 25 cents a month to help cover the cost of eavesdropping on criminals. %0D%0AThe money would boost police coffers in the face of an increasing number of expensive court-approved wiretaps on drug suspects%2C money launderers and potential terrorists. %0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0APolice are eager to use new technology to find and help convict wrongdoers%2C but they warn investigations will suffer if individual police forces are required to pay for telecommunications access and surveillance."