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Political prisoners in Canada update ๐ from Gord Magill arrested in 2022 in Alberta at the Coutts border during the truckers protest. Their arrests and charges were used to justify the invoking of the emergencies act(basically martial law in Canada) which has since been ruled by the courts as unjustified and illegal, yet this persecution continues while murderers and violent criminals are given house arrests.
It was a busy week in The Maple Gulag with ongoing persecutions of Tamara Lich Chris Barber in Ottawa, but this graffiti reminds us that Tony Olienick, the last of The Coutts Four, remains a Political Prisoner, which should make every Canadian ashamed to be one.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
VPN companies will leave Canada. The government will force companies to retain your data for one year. The legal threshold for police access to your data will be lowered. Meanwhile, the federal government is cancelling all debate on Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, in order to pass this legislation before Parliament adjourns on Friday, June 19. Now, more than ever before, Canadians who care about privacy must urge their Members of Parliament to defeat Bill C-22. This is a critical moment in our history: will Canada be a free nation or a surveillance state? Canadians have defeated "lawful access" legislation before, and we must do so again.
Contact your MP today: ourcommons.ca/Members/en/seaโฆ
๐จThe government is moving to shut down lawful access hearings and consideration of amendments on mandatory metadata retention, security backdoors, and weakened encryption today. All amendments to Bill C-22 would be kept secret and voted on without debate.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
In Canada, Bill C-22 will give our government back door access into all our devices and requires carriers to store user data for up to "a year."
Sam Cooper tells us why the Carney Liberal surveillance legislation is bad for everyoneโtech companies, Liberals and Canadians.
Full episode premieres everywhere tomorrow, June 17th.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Mark Carney is ramming through unprecedented new government surveillance powers!!!
Shutting down all debate and preventing any future witnesses from criticizing this Bill.
Mark Carney is showing every day that he is just another Liberal.
๐จ BREAKING๐จ
The Liberals are trying to ram C-22 through the House of Commons before summer. This would mean zero, absolutely zero amendments, zero further debate, to the largest expansion of government surveillance in history. This is not democracy, this is tyranny.
@googlecanada @Apple @Meta @tobi @mgeist @privacylawyer @windscribecom @NordVPN @DuckDuckGo @MWACCanada @bccla @JoshDehaas @ProtonVPN @expressvpn @CDNConstFound @ggreenwald @PrivacyPrivee
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
This is why Carney bribed the opposition MPs to cross the floor. This is what they wanted but couldnโt get without a majority: secrecy, authoritarianism, and the right to spy on Canadians.
Thanks @CdEntremontMP @jeneroux @MarilynGladuSL you quislings.
Public Safety Minister @gary_srp committed to amendments to Bill C-22 in light of concerns about security risks, encryption and metadata retention. Instead, the government is shutting down the hearing with no further debate on changes to lawful access.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
๐จBREAKING NEWS: the Orwellian Surveillance state is officially coming to Canada.
The Carney government just filed a motion to ram Bill C-22, the mass Canadian spy bill, through Parliament by the end of this week.
Hereโs their play:
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Amendments kept SECRET from the public before the vote
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Zero discussion on any remaining amendments
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Weeks of expert testimony from the Privacy Commissioner, lawyers, security companies, discarded
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Only 30 minutes of committee debate
They want all the big tech companies to be forced into metadata retention, encryption backdoors, warrantless data sharing.
Not to mention that they introduced Bill C-36, which strips the Privacy Commissionerโs role in private sector privacy regulation.
The privacy regulator gutted on Monday.
The surveillance bill rammed through on Tuesday.
The amendments hidden from Canadians on Wednesday.
Spying on us by next week?
So this is what Carney means when he said doing things โat speeds not seen in generations?โ
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
๐จ BREAKING๐จ
The Liberals are trying to ram C-22 through the House of Commons before summer. This would mean zero, absolutely zero amendments, zero further debate, to the largest expansion of government surveillance in history. This is not democracy, this is tyranny.
@googlecanada @Apple @Meta @tobi @mgeist @privacylawyer @windscribecom @NordVPN @DuckDuckGo @MWACCanada @bccla @JoshDehaas @ProtonVPN @expressvpn @CDNConstFound @ggreenwald @PrivacyPrivee
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
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Statement by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/speecโฆ
ALT Statement by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
Breaking ๐จ
Liberals are shutting down debate, to ram Bill C-22 through House by Friday!
This is despite C-22 violating our Charter Rights against Arbitrary Seizure!
Please see my short exchange with Attorney General @SeanFraserMP. โฌ๏ธ
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
Which still doesnโt compare to the wisdom of God
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The liberal manuf. majority govt will fail again like when Meta blocked all news from their sites due to badly written legislation. Theyโre rushing again after warnings from Apple, Meta, Signal, shoplift CEO, Windscribe, law prof. Michael Geist, privacy commissioner.
You've likely seen the headlines from bills C-34, C-36, and C-22 in the media.
Each may sound reasonable on their own: protect kids online, modernize privacy, help police catch criminals.
But buried within is an emerging Digital Regulatory Superpower unlike anything Canadians have ever seen.
These bills hand one unelected commission power over what Canadians can say, what stays private, and who the state can watch.
As of today, the Federal Government is rushing to enact massive Internet Surveillance Reform into law without proper debate.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
One body with judge, jury, and executioner powers over speech, privacy, surveillance. No peer democracy concentrates this much power in one place.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
The same five Cabinet-appointed members will run all of it via the Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission.
They will write the rules, investigate, hold the hearings, and judge cases of over online speech AND the private data of every Canadian.
Unprecedented power.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
You've likely seen the headlines from bills C-34, C-36, and C-22 in the media.
Each may sound reasonable on their own: protect kids online, modernize privacy, help police catch criminals.
But buried within is an emerging Digital Regulatory Superpower unlike anything Canadians have ever seen.
These bills hand one unelected commission power over what Canadians can say, what stays private, and who the state can watch.
As of today, the Federal Government is rushing to enact massive Internet Surveillance Reform into law without proper debate.
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You have to read Bill C-34 on The Commission to believe it. It sets the rules on age verification, social media bans, and content removals while serving as combined regulator, investigator and advocate. At the start, Chair alone can be the full Commission.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
More lethal drugs and less enforcement leads to more death.
No surprise whatsoeverโฆevenโฆamazingly enough our own federal government.
Vital information that was suppressed.
Overdose deaths went up with decriminalization of narcotics in B.C., then fell once police resumed enforcement of drug laws, according to @GovCanHealth figures. Cabinet has previously denied B.C. experiment was a failure.
blacklocks.ca/confirms-drug-โฆ
@MarjoriePLC #cdnpoli
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
ANOTHER ๐ฅ huge ๐ฅ tell emblematic of the internal chaos
besetting ๐จ๐ฆTeamCarney ๐จ๐ฆ
๐picked up by @mgeist๐
x.com/mgeist/status/20668948โฆ
this kind of flip-flopping is not only a necksnapper;
it also throws the integrity of *any* of @MarkJCarneyโs current policy-development process into an, er shall we say unflattering light [ to be kind โฆ ]
Unbelievableโผ๏ธ๐ฑ
[ Wonder how ๐จ๐ฆ taxpayer-subsidized MSM ๐จ๐ฆ will now inform Canadians about this slipshod โmanagement systemโ ๐๐ง
also wonder how journos tainted by the Carney payroll will frame this morningโs railroading of C-22
All this has every appearance of intent to force hi-tech high-growth superstar companies to simply flee Canadaโฆ ๐ฑ to take refuge in Trumpโs America โฆ ]
@tobi
@dsimieritsch
@NorthrnPrspectv
@thevivafrei
โimprovisationalโ nature of recent actions & behaviour by UK & Canadian regimes provides *very* important insightโฆ
nobody โin chargeโ has really thought these moves through *operationally* or structurally, even from simplest process / flowchart standpoint
๐ฅ Latest & very striking example obvious from even the peanut gallery๐ฅ
Canadians have just been told:
Digital Safety Commission announced last Wednesday June 10 under Bill C-34
has magically
over past few days
been morphed into
Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission
under Bill C-36 announced Monday, June 15
Unbelievable. How does such a thing happen? Did @MarkJCarney simply wake up one very recent morning with a fresh brainstorm and decree โMake it soโโ๏ธ
imagine the scramble among the senior civil service to kowtowโฆ
๐ฅ this cannot end well ๐ฅ
๐ฅclearly indicates catastrophic, chaotic situation
internally among โdecision-makers & policy shapersโ ๐ฅ
cc: @mgeist
@privacylawyer
@robertdiab
@andrewlawton
@LeslynLewis
@strauss_matt
@NorthrnPrspectv
@DavidKrayden
@_escapekey_
[ big end points envisioned
โ Digital ID,
programmable CBDC,
& China 2.0 style Social Credit Rating โ
remain all too clear โฆ ]
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
Public Safety Minister @gary_srp committed to amendments to Bill C-22 in light of concerns about security risks, encryption and metadata retention. Instead, the government is shutting down the hearing with no further debate on changes to lawful access.
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
๐บTelegram founder Pavel Durov compares the lack of panic during the sinking of the Titanic with the current lack of awareness in Europe as citizens freedoms are stripped away: โI came here today to tell you-that we find ourselves in a similar predicament. In a similar situation. Our ship. Has already hit the iceberg. We have already started to sink. Without even realizing it. And I'm talking about the ship of our personal freedomsโ
Continuing giving examples of his personal experiences of fraud and corruption with Russia, the EU and France. Before moving onto Keir Starmerโs UK clampdown on social media:
โThousands of people are getting arrested every year in the United Kingdom for social media posts. You say somethingpolitically incorrect online, you may end up being fined or spend some time in prison in Germanyโ
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ProCanadian ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐งโฎ๏ธ๐๐ retweeted
It is dizzying to see @EvanLSolomon and Liberal MPs tweet about the importance of privacy even as they prepare to vote to shut down lawful access hearings and stop debating (or making public) amendments to safeguard privacy.
x.com/mgeist/status/20668570โฆ
๐จThe government is moving to shut down lawful access hearings and consideration of amendments on mandatory metadata retention, security backdoors, and weakened encryption today. All amendments to Bill C-22 would be kept secret and voted on without debate.
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