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Trump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him (thewalrus.ca)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's not deceptive, it's just trying to reach the people who won't care otherwise. This is Lemmy, we're self selected for giving a shit about privacy online. The average person doesn't. But the average person in Canada right now is screaming "elbows up" from the rooftops, so if you frame the C-22 debate around that, suddenly you have their attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Except that's exactly why it's deceptive. They're trying to tap into people's hatred towards Trump by connecting him to this bill, when in reality there's no actual connection there.

    The US already has the ability to spy on us. This bill is not about Trump at all...it's about the Canadian government being able to do the same thing. Falsely connecting it to him, is just rage bait to make more Canadian upset about it.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Giving the US more ability to spy on us is still a bad thing, regardless of what capabilities they already have. That's like saying that you should just give burglars all your stuff because they could break in and steal it if you don't.

    And it's a completely valid reason for people to be mad about this. Is it the main reason to be mad about Bill C-22? No, of course not. We all know that. But if focusing on this minor, tangential issue is what gets the average person to give a shit then I'll take it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I don't think you understand how this works right now...which is also another reason this article is misrepresenting the situation. Currently, Canada relies heavily on US intelligence for our own domestic law enforcement. Meaning, we get our information from them. Not the other way around.

    The problem with this arrangement is it makes Canada dependent on the US for a lot of the intelligence we need, in order to track and apprehend criminals in our own country. Bill C-22 is supposed to be our home-grown solution to that problem. They want Canada to have the same spying capabilities that the US already has.

    See, they don't need us. We need them. This bill doesn't help them. It helps Canada be less reliant on them. The entire way this situation is being framed by this article is completely disingenuous. They are misinforming you about the facts by flipping the script here.

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