Still write them. Make them have no deniability of the issues.

No. That's what they want: to silence y'all. Fight back.

Time to build a new net.

I'm already on more darknets than they can count. At least I'm pretty sure they can't, because they're not very bright, and probably can't count very high.

Mine has written me back personalized responses.

Varies by MP.

Imagine the chaos those albertan separatists are gonna cause with this and the electoral list.

What’s up with the electoral list?

I mean...yeah...but it sounds really bad on the surface.

Crypto. Namely, certificates or smartcards.

Imagine if your driver's license were a smartcard. It'd essentially just be a cryptographic key pair that asserts that you are "you" because the card says you are and you both have the card and know the unlock PIN.

Now, that sounds like the government could easily track you, but not quite. All that really matters is that the certificate is valid. Not expired, not revoked, and there is a mutual trust in a third party (the issuer).

This doesn't require a query to the issuer. It can, and should, i.e. using OCSP or CRLs. CRLs, in particular, are a bit better here...instead of the service going back to the issuer and saying "is this certificate still good", instead, the issuer periodically publishes a list of all revoked serial numbers that get downloaded by anybody who wants them.

The important thing is, the service provider (i.e. the website) never has to ask about you by name. They know you are you, because you possess your private keys, and they trust that the issuer of your certificate (a corresponding public key, signed by the issuers private key) is thorough in verifying your identity.

I think a mutual-third-party trust model (basically, certificates) is about as good as it can get. I don't think you can verify without trust. That's not how the proverb goes. Not at all.

Or just the next government comes in and targets gay/trans people based on the websites they use.

Regulate algorithms, beef up moderation and dns filtering is the proper way to protect kids.

Literally every country is trying to pull this shit in 2026.

That doesn't mean it isn't a bad idea that is being poorly implemented and will absolutely have massive privacy implications.

I just spent over an hour writing my email, it’s not done yet. Please also write one.

Just imagine the foreign interference opportunities of a foreign company+government having a list of every Canadian politician or businessperson on grindr or looking at gay porn as a really trivial example.

This is the hill to metaphorically/politically die on.

As written this bill is awful. It literally says to follow “best practices”, which in 2026 clearly means storing data unsecured since basically every one of these companies has leaked.

I say this the the utmost contempt, so please read this in an aggressive and yelling voice:

WHY THE FUCK IS THE GOD DAMNED FUCKING BOOMER PUSHING FOR KAWS SHE DOESNT UNDERSTAND.

WHAT BOILED CAULIFLOWER EATING FUCKING MORONS DID THEY SURVEY FOR THIS.

Can we get some god damned informed people on government already? Jesus.