Former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, the Right Honourable Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has directed a lot of wealth during his decades-long rise to the top job in the Canadian Government. But he doesn’t like cash. He’d rather pull financial strings in the digital world than handle a lot of loonies and toonies.

Bill C-2, his recently unveiled bill that would allow the government to snoop into mail and email without a warrant, has been criticized for a number of its clauses. Called by its Liberal proponents, the Strong Borders Act, this 140-page bill hides a lot of content that has nothing to do with Canada’s borders . . . unless we’re talking about the borders of our credulity.

One of the shocking proposed rules is the prohibition of conducting any transaction of $10,000 or more using good old cash. Under the provisions of C-2, any company that accepts $10,000 or more in Canadian cash currency would be committing a criminal act. Likewise, a registered charity that accepts that amount as a cash donation. The fact that donations or business transactions of that magnitude—paid for in cash—are rare is beside the point. The federal government—if C-2 becomes law—will treat you like a gangster or a terrorist if you spend your own hard-earned money on an otherwise legal transaction, if you attempt to do so with the legal tender printed by our own Bank of Canada.

Why is this a problem? Using the broad term of “slippery slope”, this move is a first step towards Mr. Carney’s dream of a “cashless society.” If the cash you worked for is not yours to spend as you see fit, then you are actually a slave. It even smacks of Klaus Schwab’s “you will own nothing and you’ll be happy.” Except you won’t.

Money is simply a medium of exchange. We Canadians are willing to put in effort for a given number of hours to acquire a set amount of goods or services. We know, of course, that on top of the ticket price, we’ll also be paying taxes. But if we want something, we’re willing to pay for it with the sweat of our brow.

The hidden dangers of a cap on the use of cash are:

• The cap can change. $10,000 today may become $100 tomorrow. After all, if the use of cash allows for criminal misuse (one of the justifications for the cap), then the danger of misuse is only a matter of degree. Political parties are already restricted to a limit of $20 for an individual cash contribution. More than that is considered criminal. This broad cap on cash—if accepted by voters and taxpayers—draws a line in the sand that politicians can adjust at their whim.
• More importantly, the move to restrict the use of cash by honest law-abiding citizens takes us ever closer to the implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a favourite agenda item of world bankers and globalists . . . people like our Prime Minister.

CBDCs give the banks—and ultimately government agents—a detailed record of how you spend your money, where you travel, what books you buy and with whom you associate. Many of us already share much of this information by the use of credit and debit cards. It was that avenue, linked with the snooping—previously mentioned—into our social media, email and postal communications, that allowed the federal government to freeze the bank accounts of honest, hard-working Canadians who had donated to the Freedom Convoy. That move by the Liberal Government should have woken up every Canadian to the danger of intrusive and tyrannical Government actions. Unfortunately, too many Canadians missed the point and accepted this violence to our democratic principles.

If the government can track your spending, if they can dictate what causes you are allowed to support, and if they can control what you can buy and how you can pay, then you are no longer living in a free country. And if they can package a move toward digital currency and government access to your email and social media accounts in a convoluted and tiresome document called the Strong Borders Act . . . and get away with it . . . we are living in an age of mass deception.

The CHP does not support the development and use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which would allow the tracking of the financial transactions of all Canadians, violate our privacy, permit outside control over spending and donations and exclude the vulnerable from economic participation.

Let’s use the little time we have left to awaken our friends and neighbours before it’s too late. The globalists in Ottawa already control the media with taxpayer money and punitive censorship. They already control the education establishment. It seems they control much of what takes place in our courts. Even the electoral process is under threat of manipulation. But they can’t control your mind, your conscience and your speech.

The freedom we all cherish will only continue as long as you and I defend it—with our lives if necessary. CHP Canada is committed to protecting your rights and freedoms, including the right to privacy. Join CHP today!