Trudeau gov’t tracked millions of Canadians’ movements using cell phone data: report
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The Canadian government obtained information on more than 33 million citizens’ exact movements via cell phone data during COVID.
(LifeSiteNews) – A colossal and secretive COVID cellphone data surveillance program under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted without individuals’ consent included tracking family gatherings and shopping habits, Canadian MPs have learned.
A report presented to Canada’s House of Commons ethics committee last Wednesday showed the Trudeau government was able to access information from a data scoop of 33 million cell phone users which detailed people’s exact movements during the COVID crisis in 2020 and 2021.
According to a report in the Canadian Press, the data outbreak analyst company BlueDot prepared anonymized data reports for the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) which health officials could use to track people’s whereabouts.
The report shows that health officials had detailed snapshots of one’s exact behaviors, including trips to grocery stores, pharmacies, and, more disturbingly, when people held family gatherings, especially around important holidays such as Christmas.
The data also revealed how long people spent at home, and even when they left their city or province.
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Earlier this year, MPs from the House of Commons ethics committee voted unanimously to investigate the secret cell phone spying that the Trudeau government had earlier admitted to, to see if the federal government violated Canadians’ privacy rights.
The secret tracking program was done under the PHAC, which claimed last year the tracking was done to understand the “public’s responsiveness during lockdown measures.”
The formal ethics committee investigation came less than a month after Canada’s federal government admitted last year it covertly tracked the cell phones of 33 million Canadians for months throughout the COVID crisis using cell tower data.