The two hosts argue that the Canadian government is building a surveillance and censorship apparatus to eliminate online anonymity and criminalize dissent, citing newly confirmed testimony from the deputy sergeant-at-arms that Parliament runs a “very robust records management system” tracking and cataloging citizens’ posts about MPs by tone, whether they are “misogynistic” or “otherwise abusive,” and the identity of the MP being “targeted.” They point to an 800% spike in threat-behavior files (from 8 in 2019 to over 530 in 2023-2024, a period overlapping the Ottawa and border protests), stacked censorship legislation (the Online Harms Act, Bill C-22, Bill C-25), MPs shutting off replies and traveling in traffic-blocking motorcades, and $6-8 billion in government media funding they call “paid propaganda.” Their central prediction is that Canada is sliding toward “banana republic” totalitarianism and that a “false flag” event traceable to an online comment will be used to justify mandatory online IDs, with one host fearing podcasts will be extinct within five years because hosts will be reduced to “patting the ass of the people who are in charge.”
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Confirmed parliamentary surveillance of citizens: The deputy sergeant-at-arms testified at a parliamentary committee that the government runs a “very robust records management system” that monitors and classifies posts about MPs into categories like “misogynistic” or otherwise flagged content, justified as workplace harassment and violence prevention to create a record for potential law enforcement or platform-removal requests.
The 800% spike in threat files: Recorded threat-behavior files jumped roughly 800% in five years, from only 8 files in 2019 to over 530 in 2023-2024, a window the hosts note coincided with the anti-government Ottawa protests and the Alberta and Windsor border demonstrations where people expressed displeasure online.
Stacked censorship legislation and undisclosed database details: The hosts lump together the Online Harms Act, Bill C-22, and Bill C-25 as tools letting whoever is in power deem speech “hate speech” or “bullying” at their discretion, and they list what the government refuses to disclose: how the database is populated, who has access, retention periods, whether you are notified or can challenge being listed, and whether you can file an information request to see if you are in it.
The UK playbook and the predicted false flag: Citing police in the UK and other countries knocking on doors, making calls, and showing up at workplaces over online comments, one host says he is “apoplectic” this could reach Canada and predicts a “false flag” event traceable to an online comment will be staged so officials can demand a system to identify people “dangerous to our elected officials.”
Government media funding and the death of podcasts: The hosts attack $6-8 billion in expanded government funding for newsrooms as “paid propaganda” whose problem is that “the propaganda is democratized,” and predict podcasts will be extinct within five years; they contrast Canadian, UK, and Australian politicians who shut off replies and use traffic-blocking motorcades with US politicians like Trump who they say never shut off replies and stay “in the boxing ring with their constituents.”
