Because we have capitalism.

States are built on control. They literally only exist because they are the dominant power structure in a specific area.

States pushing for more freedom is antithetical.

I'm thinking the law passes but the courts kill it due to it violating our Charter. I also feel that the tech companies will not wait for the court case to conclude before leaving Canada.

Or

• the law passes with exceptions to specifically these 3 that threatened to leave

#2 DDG might not leave, Signal might do something maliciously compliant, and NordVPN will just leave.

2 or 3

I guess signal has more to lose in reputation, than Canada brings them as country

For the other ones, I don't know

4get.ca

I can now quickly identify various birds, minecraft areas, and those weird anime plushy things no problem.

If Signal were to make a backdoor for the government, that would compromise the security of all users world-wide.

The only thing you can do is protect the intelligensia who can help shape smart policy for a better future whilst also exiling* the billionaires and politicians (mostly the lifetime politicians who have no discernible skills other thank taking bribes and being corrupt pieces of shit).

*exiting or something more dramatic.

Just give it another few years, and half the people with the same political views as you will tell you you're equivalent to the far right unless you vote for the right! 🤗

What you're looking for is a VPS provider.

Kinda like TOR

Nobody in Canada wants this to pass, only the police lobby that is intrumentalized to promote this is interested.

Yep. I use all of these, and it would be utter bullshit to lose access over poorly thought out lawmaking.