🇨🇦 Poilievre flirts with nanny-state tech ban while Carney's Liberals write the playbook

The Conservatives are suddenly exploring a social media ban for minors because Prime Minister Mark Carney floated it first. Nothing says principled opposition like asking your caucus where they stand after the Liberals already set the agenda. Poilievre, who built his brand on freedom and parental rights, is now letting strategists convince him this is good politics to win over religious and immigrant voters. Translation: abandon your base to chase suburban moderates who'll vote Liberal anyway.

The tell is in the framing. Kids aren't okay, so let Ottawa build a digital ID system to verify age and monitor access. No mention of Big Tech liability, parental control tools, or ending the algorithmic ragebait these platforms profit from. Just another excuse to expand state power and normalize surveillance infrastructure that'll be used for far more than protecting children once it's in place. When your opposition becomes the compliance wing of the regime, you don't have an opposition.

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