@evansdave Has "...An hour a Day" been used as a course textbook in a college or university?

‼️ Bill C-9 has just passed. Jokes and memes in Canada will soon be punishable with 2 years in jail. Royal assent expected soon.

The government has pushed through its motion to end debate on Bill C-22, forcing the committee into a late night hearing going on right now that no one will watch or can follow to pass the bill and send to the House. An absolute democratic embarrassment. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en…

MORE: Additional information provided to YEGWAVE by the parent states the incident involved their 14-year-old daughter and a friend near Rutherford Road and 118 Street on the evening of June 14. According to the submission, the girls first noticed the dark grey van approaching with its side passenger door open. After passing them, the van allegedly performed a U-turn and began heading back toward them. Believing they may have been targeted, the girls turned around and ran in the opposite direction. The parent alleges there were approximately five to six adult East Indian men inside the vehicle, estimated to be between 30 and 40 years old. Due to the fear and panic of the situation, the girls were unable to provide detailed descriptions of the occupants or clearly identify what was being yelled at them. The submission states the van turned around multiple times and continued approaching the girls. Fearing for their safety and worried they could be forced into the vehicle, the girls began yelling for help. A nearby woman reportedly witnessed their distress and called 911. According to the parent, the van sped away after the occupants noticed the woman. The family says they have fully cooperated with police. Officers reportedly spoke with nearby residents and obtained surveillance footage showing the vehicle and its driving behaviour. The parent says they have also gone door-to-door seeking additional video evidence. However, a licence plate has not yet been identified. The parent says the incident has left both girls extremely distressed and frightened. They hope sharing their experience will raise awareness, encourage parents to discuss safety with their children, and help identify the vehicle and its occupants. Anyone who witnessed the incident or may have dashcam or security footage from the area is encouraged to contact Edmonton Police.

🚨 CRITICAL MOMENT: Will Canada remain a free nation or become a surveillance state? Bill #C22 is the biggest threat to our digital privacy yet. Canadians successfully defeated "lawful access" laws before—it's time to do it again. Contact your MP today & demand they defeat C-22!

These bills, along with C-22 and C-9 constitute a total erosion in Canada’s basic liberties. They interlock into making Canada essentially unviable for those with choices on where to build.

A privacy expert told Global News the Liberals' push to fast-track the bill and limit debate was "staggering" and "astonishing." globalnews.ca/news/11908249/…

In the last 24 hours, government has announced plans to eviscerate the Privacy Commissioner’s office, cut off debate on a lawful access bill that includes metadata retention, and reversed age verification privacy safeguards 5 days after introducing them. x.com/mgeist/status/20666607…

I’m open to correction but I cannot find a comparable country that assigns private-sector privacy oversight to a regulator that also polices online harms. Consistent approach is a dedicated, independent data protection authority. Will cause harm to Canada on global privacy stage.

The government will table new privacy legislation in the next hour. My post on its terrible track record over the past year, including age verification for millions, mandatory metadata retention, and weak privacy rules for political parties. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/priv…

Minister just confirmed: Privacy Commissioner is out of private sector privacy after 25 years of enforcement. Those powers are being handed to a new super-regulator. The Privacy Commissioner's mandate reverts to a narrow focus on the Privacy Act.

The government is building a full super-digital regulator in Canada. On top of the online harms and social media powers in Bill C-34, Bill C-36 hands the same Commission responsibility for private sector privacy. The power vested in this single body is unprecedented in Canada.

I apparently understated the power of the Commission. The new privacy bill strips the Privacy Commissioner of Canada of private-sector authority, transferring it to a newly constituted Commissioner who is a government appointed member of the Commission, now called the Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission with a new Privacy and Consumer Data Commissioner. Full digital regulator in Canada.

I’ll be working on a post to unpack the key elements of Bill C-36, but the big story is the stripping of the Privacy Commissioner's powers over private-sector privacy law after 25 years. The Digital Safety Commission (now Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission of Canada) will now be responsible for both regulating online speech and content moderation across the country's largest platforms and overseeing how every organization in Canada collects, uses, and discloses personal information. There is no precedent in Canada for this kind of digital super-regulator.

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. x.com/mgeist/status/20665288…

A new privacy bill may be introduced as soon as tomorrow. My post on why the government cannot credibly claim to treat privacy as a fundamental right while actively undermining that right in other bills and with efforts to sideline the Privacy Commissioner michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/priv…

🇨🇦 PM @MarkJCarney is under pressure to dump his Brookfield holdings after the CEO admitted Carney still profits from the success of almost 2,000 Brookfield firms .. none of which go through ethics screens. That’s not a blind trust. That’s a spotlight on conflict of interest. #cdnpoli #Carney #Ethics #Accountability #Transparency #CdnPolitics

RT @TorontoPolice: Today, we mourn the loss of Constable Marc Pinizzotto. “No words can capture the impact on Marc’s family, who expected…

Just catching up on the Canadian government’s plans for a social media ban for kids coming later today? I’ve got you covered with an FAQ on why it is an ineffective and harmful policy that raises privacy concerns for tens of millions of Canadians. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/ever…

Bill C-34 has dropped, and it is a horror show. parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45…