Liberal gov confesses to $105M World Economic Forum Digital ID contract [Canada]

The Liberal government has admitted in writing that they have an ongoing $105.3 million contract with the World Economic Forum to introduce digital identities for travel to Canada.

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis published an Inquiry of Ministry she sent to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra in June.

The Inquiry focuses on the federal government’s Known Traveller Digital Identity (KTDI) program first introduced in 2018.

Dr. Leslyn Lewis @LeslynLewis · Follow The gov’t finally admitted that they have a $105.3 million contract with the World Economic Forum for the Known Traveler Digital ID. Take a look at this order paper. It’s no longer a conspiracy theory - it’s a contractual fact! https://bit.ly/3CvEbkn 2:35 PM · Oct 5, 2022

Lewis demanded that the government provide information on how many Canadian travellers” have opted into the program, what data was collected and how much has been spent on the pilot among other things.

According to KTDI website, the Government of Canada is listed as a pilot partner alongside the WEF, Air Canada, the Toronto Pearson International AIrport, the Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and others.

The project is described as a WEF initiative to enable governments to “access verifiable claims of a traveller’s identity” using a digital identity prototype.

In response, Alghabra’s office was scant on details. The statement “this information is not available” appeared five different times in the government’s reply.

On the question of how many travellers have opted into the program, Alghabra wrote: “This information is not available. However, the volume of participants would be decided by participating air carriers.”

When asked what specific technologies were being used, Alghabra responded by saying: “This information is not available. However, prior to the deferral of the pilot, the proposed technologies to be used included: distributed ledger technology; biometric technology; and cryptography.”

“Transport Canada has to date spent $428,671 on salaries and $220,830 on non-salaries,” Alghabra explained.

Lewis has been an outspoken critic of the WEF and the adoption of digital identity programs by governments.

“It is incredibly concerning that the same Prime Minister who is signing our country up for this digital ID experiment also ordered the freezing of bank accounts of people who bought a t-shirt to support the freedom protest,” tweeted Lewis in April.

Thanks for posting this. It’s the first I’ve heard of KDTI.
Googling gave other background info, including:
https://ktdi.org/

A huge step in total governmental control of people. Why limit this to travelers via embedded chips in passports? Why not also embed in your own citizen’s Driver Licenses? Why not embed in country-wide (required) ID cards (”Show me your papers, now!”)? Why not require subdermal implanted chips at birth, kindergarten enrollment, high school graduation, voting registration, beginning a job, marriage application, hospital admissions, or any public milestone? (”No, comrade, I don’t need your papers, I can scan your body and KNOW you from 30 yards away without your knowledge.”)

Much of this can already be achieved with facial recognition and reporting/monitoring of cashless transactions. Shoot, having required merchant/credit/bank reporting of certain goods (sporting goods, firearms, or ammunition, for example) or bank deposits/withdrawals/transfers of any funds (amounts over $600, for example) is already in the works in the USA and other places. But, oh, wouldn’t that require, oh, I don’t know, another 87,000 government agents to be hired to help such efforts? Hmmmmm.......

The “slippery slope” to freedom loss surely is true, doesn’t it seem?

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