reclaimthenet on Nostr: Canadian regulators are charging forward with a national digital ID—without ...
Canadian regulators are charging forward with a national digital ID—without involving Parliament. No debate, no oversight. Just government agencies deciding what "ID" means in the digital age, aiming to bypass MPs who’ve questioned this plan before.
Shared Services Canada (SSC), the government’s IT hub, says it’s just like other forms of ID, similar to a social security number. But critics argue digital IDs are fundamentally different. The risks go way beyond typical ID systems, introducing the possibility of broad surveillance and control, especially when personal data sits in centralized databases vulnerable to security breaches or potential government overreach.
And let’s be real—people are not forgetting recent history. The phrase “segregation and discrimination” is surfacing again, echoing the backlash against Covid vaccine passports. The memory of how vaccine-hesitant citizens were treated lingers, fueling skepticism that this ID system could become another tool for control.
Proponents (think Bill Gates, Tony Blair, the EU, WEF) pitch digital ID as empowering, equitable, and efficient. But Canadians are wondering: Empowering for who? Equality for who? Because to many, this feels like a digital Trojan horse.
Shared Services Canada (SSC), the government’s IT hub, says it’s just like other forms of ID, similar to a social security number. But critics argue digital IDs are fundamentally different. The risks go way beyond typical ID systems, introducing the possibility of broad surveillance and control, especially when personal data sits in centralized databases vulnerable to security breaches or potential government overreach.
And let’s be real—people are not forgetting recent history. The phrase “segregation and discrimination” is surfacing again, echoing the backlash against Covid vaccine passports. The memory of how vaccine-hesitant citizens were treated lingers, fueling skepticism that this ID system could become another tool for control.
Proponents (think Bill Gates, Tony Blair, the EU, WEF) pitch digital ID as empowering, equitable, and efficient. But Canadians are wondering: Empowering for who? Equality for who? Because to many, this feels like a digital Trojan horse.