Provision of what was previously known as the Patriot Act 2, are being passed stealthily under
the guise of implementing the 9/11 Ommission's findings:
http://www.911review.org/Wiki/PatriotAct2.shtml

From www.fcnl.org:

Civil Liberties in Grave Danger; Friends Committee for National Legislation in DC

Some of the legislative measures and amendments, particularly S. 2845, a measure introduced
in the Senate by Sen. Collins (ME) and Sen. Lieberman (CT), have been bi-partisan
efforts, carefully drafted to respond to the commission's recommendations. Others, most
dramatically HR 10, introduced by Speaker Hastert (IL) in the House, and amendments to
S. 2845 introduced by Sen. Kyl (AZ) in the Senate, do not follow the 9/11 Commission's
recommendations about security and are freighted with provisions that diminish civil
liberties protections. Taken together, these provisions include (but are not limited
to):

* establishment of a national ID card, disguised as national standardization of drivers
licensing;

* establishment of a national electronic database for birth and death certificates, with
permanent identifying information assigned to each individual, such as a national ID
number;

* biometric identifiers - including fingerprints, face recognition software photos, iris
or retinal scans, and other private physical identification - for travel documents which
would be used for security in domestic air travel as well as overseas travel;

* expanded secret eavesdropping and search powers to be used against individuals suspected
of terrorist activity, whether or not the individual is associated with a foreign power;

* further weakening of individual privacy rights in library, medical, and other personal
records, removing all federal court oversight;

* enhanced "material support" provisions, allowing guilt by associa! tion with a group
targeted by the administration; removal of habeas corpus relief for those detained under
repressive immigration measures;

* approval of automatic detention without bail in immigration matters at the government's
request;

* increased secrecy in immigration court matters;

* approval of the use of secret evidence in immigration courts - secret even to the
immigrant being examined;

* deportation of immigrants before final appeal;

* allowing the death penalty in terrorism cases (with "terrorism" as defined in the USA
PATRIOT Act);

* explicit approval of transfer of prisoners suspected of terrorism to nations known to
practice torture; and

* failure to provide for a cross-agency civil liberties board for oversight and
investigation of civil liberties practices and procedures in the executive branch of the
federal government.

Many of these provisions have already been passed in Canada; see:
http://www.911review.org/Wiki/CanadasPatriotAct3.shtml

Also, provisions regarding the invasion of privacy will apply to information on Canadians in the hands of US based travel and credit reporting companies.