‘Scope’ of Trudeau’s ArriveCAN app poses ‘serious threats to privacy,’ attorney warns
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The ‘consolidation of personal information into a single source is particularly concerning,’ warned a representative for a top constitutional law group.
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(LifeSiteNews) — A top constitutional law group told LifeSiteNews that the Trudeau government’s plan to use the ArriveCAN app “beyond” the scope of COVID poses a “serious” threat to “privacy.”
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms warned LifeSiteNews that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s intention to use ArriveCAN — the COVID-era quarantine monitoring app for travelers — “beyond” the scope of the so-called pandemic “erodes” individual privacy and “infringes” on each Canadians’ “mobility” rights.
“The growth of the scope of the ArriveCAN app is troubling,” Justice Centre lawyer Hatim Kheir told LifeSiteNews by email. “It started as a tool for monitoring quarantine. It was expanded to include health data, specifically, COVID vaccination status. It is being further expanded to include customs information.”
“Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, every Canadian citizen has the right to enter Canada. The app infringes that right of mobility by acting as a barrier to returning,” explained Kheir, adding, “The app also poses serious threats to privacy” as “Canadians should not be required to disclose personal, medical information as a precondition to exercising their right to return home.”