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Canada wants to join the age verification bandwagon and censor the internet with Bill C-34
(ca.news.yahoo.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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I might be mistaken, but I don't think a government can force it's citizens to have a phone. There has to be a way to pay your taxes, buy stuff, etc that doesn't rely on you having a phone. Paper money still exists after all.
It might be possible to live disconnected rather than giving away your privacy. You'll have to say goodbye to social media, but I don't see it as a bad thing.
May I introduce you to: the Flock camera
Why wouldn't it be able to? That's just a matter of which laws are enacted. And considering government is responsible for proposing and enacting laws, well..
He's talking about the creep. The current legal battles are to establish the framework for all transactions of all kinds to be logged and processed digitally. A precursor to that is establishing a national digital ID.
First its optional and you can avoid things that use it. Then, slowly more things are on it and more and more people capitulate and get one.
Last, they require it for everything, and since they've already got most people to get one, resistance is lukewarm and they get their way.
It really amazes me that people don’t understand this when governments have done it time and time again but hey ho, hopefully I’m old enough that I might at least die before the worst hits because clearly people are to ignorant to do anything to stop it! 😳