Mon Feb 13, 2023 – 10:01 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Officials from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Privy Council Office last year authorized confidential research to investigate the possible creation of a Canada-wide digital ID system.
As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, on August 24, 2022, Trudeau’s Privy Council commissioned a focus group in secret in the province of Nova Scotia regarding federal digital IDs. The total cost of the focus group research was $2.4 million, with the research conducted by Toronto pollster The Strategic Counsel.
The confidential research looked into whether a federal digital ID would be viable. However, there was no reason given as to why the research was being conducted.
The researchers concluded that participants in the focus group were divided on whether a national digital ID would be a good idea and be acceptable to the average citizen.
According to a September 7, 2022, Privy Council report titled Continuous Qualitative Data Collection of Canadians’ Views, the widespread adoption of “digital credentials by Canadians may be difficult to achieve.”
Noted the report, the creation of a digital ID may be hard “especially among cohorts of society who may already be somewhat distrustful of
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