“Digital ID” – Blazingcatfur

Ontario moving ahead with digital ID cards

OTTAWA — Ontarians are no strangers to their wallets being lighter these days, but this time it has nothing to do with the affordability crisis.

On Friday, the Ontario government announced plans to move ahead with a phased rollout of digital ID cards and credentials — starting with the Ontario Photo Card.

“Our government is focused on innovation as part of our plan to make life more convenient for families and businesses across the province,” said Ontario Transport Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria in a statement.

by Blazingcatfur•October 24, 2026October 23, 2026•0•"Digital ID", WTF?

Liberals say no mandatory national digital ID planned despite billions spent on digital systems

Cabinet says Canadians will not be forced to use a national digital ID system despite Ottawa spending billions of dollars modernizing online government services and testing digital identification technology.

Blacklock’s Reporter said the government made the assurance in response to Petition E-6961, sponsored by Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis.

by Blazingcatfur•August 30, 2026August 29, 2026•0•"Digital ID"

Digital ID will spell the death of the individual

Beyond the immediate political drama surrounding prime minister Keir Starmer’s future, a far more unsettling development in the British state is quietly gathering pace. The King’s Speech last month confirmed that Labour intends to press ahead with digital ID.

by Blazingcatfur•June 9, 2026June 8, 2026•0•"Digital ID"

When they abolish cash they abolish freedom

A VEXING experience awaits anyone attempting to use cash in Britain. One enters a café, a supermarket, or even a public event carrying legal tender only to discover that physical money is treated as if it were counterfeit currency, and those who still insist on using it are regarded as if they had arrived from another planet. No law has prohibited cash. No decree has abolished it. Yet through countless small refusals repeated across daily life, people learn that participation in the economy involves digital traceability or, more simply, an erosion of privacy.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2026May 29, 2026•0•"Digital Currency", "Digital ID", "Surveillance Society"

Canada shouldn’t go cashless

In a world gone digital, Canadians aren’t quite ready to give up on cash. Let’s keep it that way.

According to a recent Bank of Canada survey, paper money accounted for just 20 per cent of all transactions last year, down from 54 per cent in 2009. One-fifth of Canadians say they no longer carry any cash on a daily basis.

by Blazingcatfur•December 18, 2025December 17, 2025•0•"Digital Currency", "Digital ID", "Surveillance Society", Canada

The EU and Canada Collaborate on Digital IDs

The latest agreement between the European Union and Canada to collaborate on mutually recognized digital IDs is simply another step in what I have been warning about for years. Whenever government confidence collapses, the political class tightens control. Digital ID is not about convenience; it is about tracking capital and controlling movement as the global sovereign-debt crisis accelerates.

The danger here is obvious. Mutual recognition means a unified framework. They’re building a foundation to establish a GLOBAL digital ID. Once these systems talk to one another, you have created the architecture for a worldwide database controlled by the political elite. This is precisely what the EU has been pushing with its Digital Services Act and the infamous “digital wallet” proposal. Now they are exporting it, just as they exported their disastrous ideas on Net Zero and financial regulation. Canada, collapsing economically and politically, is following Brussels into the abyss.

Welcome to your future dystopia.

h/t patthedog

by Blazingcatfur•December 12, 2025December 12, 2025•0•"Digital ID", "Surveillance Society"