Nice move.... (Score 1)

Well, the ISPs can prevent their customers from using lots of sites they don't like in the name of "protecting the children". The few people who either don't trust the ISPs to make those choices for them or who are child pornographers, etc. will circumvent it - but the ways in which they might do so may be easier for government(s) to monitor. As long as only a few people circumvent the restrictions, the signal/noise ratio is high, making monitoring of those means worthwhile. The Canadian gov't might even presume evil of users circumventing the blocking ISPs. And of course, no large business would ever abuse the privilege of controlling its customers' access to information...

It's kind of like a war - mine the easy way, put snipers on the hard way. Of course, this would be war on one's own citizens/customers, but that's a minor detail.