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Canadian bankers ask gov’t to let them view private citizens’ tax returns
From LifeSiteNews
In addition to the Canadian Bankers Association, Mortgage Professionals Canada has also requested that it be allowed to view confidential tax records, saying a ‘digital income verification tool is an urgently required fraud prevention solution.’
The Canadian Bankers Association has asked Canada’s Senate banking committee to allow large banks to view people’s confidential federal personal tax returns via electronic access for what it claims is to verify one’s income to combat fraud.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Association’s chief economist Alex Ciappara claims the measure would cut costs while allowing “banks to reduce mortgage fraud that serves to drive up costs for borrowers.”
While mortgage fraud does occur, according to a 2004 report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, it is quite rare.
“Fraud in land conveyancing does not appear to have reached crisis proportions in Canada,” said the report.
Ciappara, failing to elaborate on just how this new privilege would reduce fraud, insisted that allowing banks to see one’s gross income would be a “technology-based solution to reduce mortgage fraud.”
While the banks claim that being allowed to view one’s personal tax returns would help prevent mortgage “fraud,” it is not clear what the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do in this matter.
In addition to the Bankers Association, Mortgage Professionals Canada has also requested that it be allowed to view one’s confidential tax records, saying a “digital income verification tool is an urgently required fraud prevention solution.”
Governments allowing banks to access personal tax records is concerning given how the current federal government has a history of intruding on one’s personal finances. An example of this was in 2022, when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland took the unprecedented step of demanding that banks freeze the accounts of anyone involved in the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, without a court order.
Of note is that similar infrastructure blocking protests have taken place in recent weeks in Canada, over the Israel-Hamas conflict, yet no extraordinary measures have been taken to stop protesters by the Trudeau government.
Should banks be allowed to access one’s personal tax returns, it might not stop at just being allowed to verify one’s income but could extend to making every single transaction searchable.
Freeland is a member of the Board of Trustees for the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is the group behind the now-infamous “Great Reset,” an agenda that critics say seeks to install a global system similar to that of China’s Social Credit System.
One of the WEF goals is to push governments to introduce a digital currency and ID system.
For the time being, it looks like Canada will not get a digital dollar.
The Bank of Canada (BOC) in August said that the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is not needed as many people rely on “cash” to pay for things, and that the introduction of a digital currency would only be feasible if consumers demanded its release.
However, the BOC did not fully rule out a digital dollar in the future.
As noted in a report from LifeSiteNews, experts warn that central bank digital currencies are a “control tool” of governments.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promised that if he is elected prime minister, he would stop any implementation of a “digital currency” or a compulsory “digital ID” system.
From LifeSiteNews
Bill C-2 has raised concerns from legal organizations that warn it could lead to a cashless economy in Canada by banning cash payments over $10,000.
The Liberals’ proposed border legislation may quietly usher in a cashless economy by banning cash payments.
On June 3, the Liberal Party introduced Bill C-2 to strengthen border security and outlaw cash payments over $10,000. Legal organizations have since warned that this is the first step to a cashless economy and digital ID system in Canada.
“Part 11 amends the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to prohibit certain entities from accepting cash deposits from third parties and certain persons or entities from accepting cash payments, donations or deposits of $10,000 or more,” the legislation proposes.
While the bill purports to strengthen border security and restore Canada-U.S. relations, many have warned that government regulation of cash payments is a slippery slope.
In a June 4 X post, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) warned that “If Bill C-2 passes, it will become a Criminal Code offence for businesses, professionals, and charities to accept cash donations, deposits, or payments of $10,000 or more. Even if the $10,000 payment or donation is broken down into several smaller cash transactions, it will still be a crime for a business or charity to receive it.”
The JCCF pointed out that while cash payments of $10,000 are not common for Canadians, the government can easily reduce “the legal amount to $5,000, then $1,000, then $100, and eventually nothing.”
“Restricting the use of cash is a dangerous step towards tyranny and totalitarianism,” the organization warned. “Cash gives citizens privacy, autonomy, and freedom from surveillance by government and by banks, credit card companies, and other corporations.”
“If we cherish our privacy, we need to defend our freedom to choose cash, in the amount of our choosing,” it continued. “This includes, for example, our right to pay $10,000 cash for a car, or to donate $10,000 (or more) to a charity.”
“Law enforcement already has the tools to fight crime,” JCCF declared. “Perhaps they need a bigger budget to hire more people, or perhaps they need to use existing tools more effectively. In a free society, violating our right to use cash is not the answer.”
A move to restrict Canadians’ use of cash is especially concerning as citizens already saw what a Liberal government will do to those who oppose its narrative during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
In winter 2022, the Liberal government, under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, froze the bank accounts of those who donated to the Freedom Convoy, which featured thousands of Canadians camping in front of Parliament to protest COVID mandates.
Similarly, Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to restrict Canadians is hardly surprising considering his close ties to the World Economic Forum and push for digital currency.
In a 2021 article, the National Post noted that “since the advent of the COVID pandemic, Carney has been front and centre in the promotion of a political agenda known as the ‘Great Reset,’ or the ‘Green New Deal,’ or ‘Building Back Better.’
“Carney’s Brave New World will be one of severely constrained choice, less flying, less meat, more inconvenience and more poverty,” the outlet continued.
In light of Carney’s new leadership over Canadians, many are sounding alarm over his distinctly anti-freedom ideas.
Exposing Mark Carney:
“Should sex be up for sale” 😮
“Should there be a market for the right to have children?” 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Q4hftgGIMc
— Mario Zelaya (@mario4thenorth) March 21, 2025
Carney, whose ties to globalist groups have had Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre call him the World Economic Forum’s “golden boy”. He has also previously endorsed the carbon tax and even criticized Trudeau when the tax was exempted from home heating oil in an effort to reduce costs for some Canadians.
Carney, who as reported by LifeSiteNews, has admitted he is an “elitist” and a “globalist.” Just recently, he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for targeting woke ideology and has vowed to promote “inclusiveness” in Canada.
Carney also said that he is willing to use all government powers, including “emergency powers,” to enforce his energy plan.
From LifeSiteNews
Changes to the law require companies to more rigorously prove their environmental claims.
The investment group in charge of Canada’s governmental pension plan has ditched its “net zero” mandate, joining a growing list of major institutions doing the same.
According to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investments’ latest annual report, the entity is no longer committed to carbon “net-zero” by 2050. The CPP’s ditching of the target comes after a number of major institutions, including the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), National Bank of Canada, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), all made similar moves in recent months.
While ditching the net-zero effort, chief executive of CPP Investments John Graham maintained that it is still “really important to incorporate climate and incorporate sustainability” in its long-term investment portfolio.
The dropping of the “climate” target comes as recent changes to Canada’s Competition Act now mandate that companies prove any environmental claims they make, with Graham insinuating these changes were a factor in the decision.
“Recent legal developments in Canada have introduced, kind of, new considerations around how net-zero commitments are interpreted, so that’s caused us to change a little bit how we talk about it, but nothing’s changed on what we’re actually doing.”
Over the past decade, left-wing activists have used “net zero” and “environmental, social & governance” (ESG) standards to encourage major Canadian and U.S. corporations to take particular stands on political and cultural issues, notably in promotion of homosexuality, transgenderism, race relations, the environment, and abortion.
Outside of Canada, many major corporations have announced they are walking back DEI and other related policies. Some of the most notable include Lowe’s, Jack Daniel’s, and Harley Davidson. Other companies such as Disney, Target, and Bud Light have faced negative sales due to consumers fighting back and refusing to patronize the businesses.
Since taking power in 2015, the Liberal government, first under Justin Trudeau and now under Mark Carney, has continued to push a radical environmental agenda in line with those promoted by the World Economic Forum’s “Great Reset” and the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals.” Part of this push includes the promotion of so called net-zero energy by as early as 2035.
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