⚖️ WHY IT MATTERS
Privacy is not a luxury. It is a constitutional protection.
In Canada, our rights under the Charter protect us from unreasonable search and seizure. Bill C-2 pushes the boundaries of that protection.
This matters because:
Government overreach does not stay limited.
Surveillance powers grow quietly and normalize.
Reduced oversight increases the risk of misuse.
Future governments inherit these expanded powers.
Today it may be framed as border security.
Tomorrow it may be applied more broadly.
We should not trade core civil liberties for vague promises of safety.
Rights are easiest to lose when people are told, “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”
That is not how free societies work.