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Pierre Poilievre thinks the Government cares about him a bit too much. Either (Original Post) applegrove May 2022 OP
There is a grain of truth to this claim Fiendish Thingy May 2022 #1
Same as tapping a phone. Big deal. applegrove May 2022 #2
NOT the same as tapping a phone. Poilievre wants you to fear Bernardo de La Paz May 2022 #3

Fiendish Thingy

(15,585 posts)
1. There is a grain of truth to this claim
Sat May 7, 2022, 09:05 PM
May 2022

In the past few days it was revealed that the government had purchased data (from phone companies?) that provided the information claimed in the tweet.

A related story explained this how the government knows about the changes in liquor store visits, among other things, during the pandemic.

Not exactly “spying”, but not a wholly made up CT either.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,998 posts)
3. NOT the same as tapping a phone. Poilievre wants you to fear
Sun May 8, 2022, 05:18 AM
May 2022

He wants you to fear data aggregation as if it were individual case-logged spying.

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