“If this invocation of the Emergencies Act is valid, then governments have the power to declare emergencies and crush any peaceful protest, any dissent, that threatens their political fortunes and ideology, and that’s not the kind of country we want to live in,” Bruce Pardy, law professor and executive director of Rights Probe.
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Only 10 percent of Canadians report feeling a “great deal” of freedom of choice and control, according to new report.
“Even in the best of times, we’re a heartbeat away from tyranny. Democracy is one of the most fragile concepts in the world. That’s why most of the world doesn’t have democracy…. Democracy may be fragile, but we shall defend it.”
The ArriveCAN app is in play at Canada’s border points and knows you’re coming before you get there. But did you know this? Former Ontario privacy commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, now executive director at Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre, says “awareness of data collection practices and obtaining the consent of the individual are essential to preserving privacy.”