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  1. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-big-brother-feds-want-your-private-banking-info It sounds like a conspiracy theory, something Justin Trudeau’s most unhinged critics would dream up. And yet it is true. Not only is it true but on Monday, Trudeau gave a full defence of an idea most would consider crazy. Statistics Canada is about to require Canada’s nine biggest banks and credit unions to turn over highly personal data about their customers and not tell the customer. That includes name, address, social insurance number and every single banking transaction that person does in a year. (WATCH above for Lilley’s visceral take on camera!) That means every deposit, withdrawal, bill payment, overdraft charge, credit card fee, mortgage payment and more. Essentially, your life will be laid bare for a government bureaucrat to look over. And the best part is, you won’t get to know about it. The bank won’t be allowed to tell you they’ve handed over your data or ask for your consent. When this story first broke the other day, via leaked letters sent to Canada’s banks, I thought maybe the government would step in. Not Justin Trudeau. In the House of Commons, Trudeau defended the move and attacked those who raised concerns as being anti-data. What next? Call us data phobes? I’m not anti-data but I am against my data being passed around without my knowledge or consent. Trudeau though sees StatsCan getting all of your personal information as vital to providing services to Canadians. “High quality and timely data are critical to ensuring that government programs remain relevant and effective for Canadians,” Trudeau told the House. Translation. If we know more about you, like everything you do, the government can better plan your life. Trudeau tried to assure the House that StatsCan was working with the Privacy Commissioner to ensure personal data is not made public. That is not the point. Why the hell are they taking it in the first place? If you need to seize the banking records of Canadians without their knowledge or consent to better design government programs, maybe you’ve gone too far. Maybe your vision of government is a bit too Big Brother. This could soon be a massive database and while we are told that any private information would be stripped before it becomes public, that private information would stay on government servers. And the 500,000 Canadians whose banking records were seized in 2019 would become 1,000,000 Canadians in 2020 and grow from there. The plan is to seize the banking records of 500,000 Canadians each and every year. In the past, StatsCan has lost sensitive files that contained personal information. Some was left on a subway, other information was in the car of an employee when it was stolen. So don’t tell me everything will be OK. In his defence of this incredibly intrusive move Trudeau claimed the Conservatives “stopped the long-form census” because they don’t like data. “Their attacks on data and information continue,” Trudeau said. That is patently false. The Conservatives stopped threatening to throw people into jail for refusing to fill out the long-form census. Data experts, such as Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, the world’s largest polling firm, called out people like Trudeau at the time. Bricker told the House of Commons in 2012 that going to a voluntary census would not compromise the data. It’s the same message he has now as the government seeks to forcibly seize banking records. Bricker says people will give up all kinds of information with the right incentive. “The private sector does it all the time, they incentivize people,” Bricker said. Well Trudeau isn’t using a carrot, he’s using a stick. Canada’s big banks and credit unions may not like this move but there is little they can do. The way the law is written now, they will be required to hand over everything you do without even telling you. To Justin Trudeau that is a good thing. If you think otherwise, you might be a dataphobe.
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