CBDC’s Eh? Canada’s government must really think Canadians are fools

BY MICHAEL THOMAS

Canadians are slowly waking up to the fact that they have been “Taken for a ride” by their government and this could not come a moment too soon.

“I have a digital dollar. I have my: bankcard, visa, visa debit, PayPal, Apple wallet, Apple iPhone, and Apple watch. I also carry cash in my wallet. Big fat no for me.” Source Ann Rolle via Twitter

“Definitely not. Voting against a #DigitalCanadianDollar. I am not ok with surveillance and having my money cancelled at the whim of the government, also not sure what the benefits are, it still loses purchasing power.” Source Ayelen Osorio –Twitter

This was just a tiny part of the angry responses that the Bank of Canada got to its survey on how Canadians view CBDCs recently.

Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Carolyn Rogers pretended to care about public opinion while trying to force CBDCs on the citizens of Canada.

Here are the cunning words of this deputy female banker.

“Here at the Bank of Canada, we are exploring the possibility of issuing a digital version of cash. Not to replace cash, but to ensure Canadians always have access to a safe, stable, and official payment option in an increasingly digital world.”

Rogers said that the public might be thinking, “Who needs a digital dollar” and they may be right. In the same breath, you can hear that this is already a foregone conclusion from the politician and bankers’ point of view.

“The bank has to be ready if and when parliament makes that decision,” Rogers said. Now let’s think about this sentence for a moment.

This banker was so confident that she and her bosses have Canadians in the bag, she is even asking for their input to design the digital dollar.

“Your input,” she said, “will help us make sure that it is convenient, easy to use, and meets your needs.”

All one has to do is take a look at what is left of China and look no further.

As I listened to Carolyn Rogers make her case for CBDC’s I could not hide the smile.

However, one word and two sentences stood out for me, and they are convenient, easy to use, and meet all your needs, and this is what I think she should have said.

• CBDCs will be “convenient” for tyrannical governments to control and starve their citizens
• “Easy to use” against the citizens, just ask the truckers who were locked out of their bank accounts
• “Meet all your needs” this might happen if you keep quiet about the climate change hoax and endless so-called vaccines

Canadians, is this the type of currency you want to help design and leave your children?

Apparently, Rogers is of the opinion that the rest of the country either cannot or does not read, and maybe that’s why she feels entitled to mislead Canadians financially.

Here is my point. Her bank white papers say, and I quote, “As per the BoC 2020 paper, the primary motivation for issuing a CBDC would be a sufficiently cashless economy, which would make the use of Canadian dollar in its physical form limited and the possibility of the Canadian dollar facing competition from an alternative digital currency.”

Yet the second line of her opening statement says, “Not to replace cash.” Can someone tell me exactly who this woman is trying to fool?

I was not just satisfied to quote Twitter replies for this article, so I went to the streets of Toronto to engage a few people. I got an earful, but only one man wanted to be quoted on record. In case you are wondering what the rest said, I can tell you that none of it was positive concerning CBDCs.

Carter (39) had this to say, “I feel like in some ways it’s inevitable based on the direction that the world wants to go in. Personally, I think it’s dangerous, and that less fortunate people will be the ones to struggle with it.”

Carter went on to say, “Now you’re talking about access, how are you going to make sure that everybody has access to this new system? Being a Black person myself I already see equity disparity happening, and I see it being a problem.”

I asked Mr. Carter what he thought of who is going to be controlling this currency, and he answered, “Yeah that is part of the danger because if this is completely digital, and for whatever reason the government decides to say no one is allowed to do this or that, then how are we going to spend and function.”

He concluded by saying, “That is way too much control to give to one organization, or one body that has proven like governments the world over, that they are not trustworthy when they have too much control. This sounds too authoritarian to me.” 

Canadians say no to CBDCs. What happens next will tell us exactly whom this government works for.