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"I ask this government if people should prepare for internment camps," Ontario provincial member of parliament (MPP) Randy Hillier asked the central Canadian province's legislature during Question Period on October 7, 2020.
During his inquiry over the country's policy to detain citizens, Hillier's microphone was cut and he was silenced and told to sit down. His words would not go unnoticed, however, and the internet picked up on it and the memes began to flow on how Canada was about to start involuntarily detaining COVID-19 patients in government facilities.
It is important to note that Hillier's claims were blown out of proportion online with disinformation flowing freely about children being taken from parents to people being held in these facilities "for the rest of their lives." None of this is true.
Predictably, the "Fact-Checkers" picked up on the obviously false claims and came out in full force referring to Hillier's statements and the memes that followed as a "Conspiracy Theory" that is "Totally False."
Yes, many of the claims were totally false; however, government-run quarantine facilities are allowed in Canada under the Quarantine Act, passed in 2005 under prime minister Paul Martin. In June 2020, the federal government issued its third order requiring every person entering Canada to quarantine for 14 days.
"Those with negative test results will then be able to quarantine at home under significantly increased surveillance and enforcement," Trudeau said in a press conference last week. In regards to the "increased surveillance," this will include home visits from private covid security personnel.
"There will be increased security contractors that will do more, I would say, 'door knocking', to check on people who are in quarantine," said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, on Friday, adding that the contractors would start in 35 Canadian cities and would expand farther in the coming weeks.
But it gets worse for those who test positive. Remember, three months ago, a positive test would mean a "voluntary" quarantine at a government facility. "Mandatory" confinement was a "conspiracy theory." But it is not anymore.
"Those with positive tests will be immediately required to quarantine in designated government facilities to make sure they're not carrying variants of potential concern," Trudeau said of the new measures.
"Immediately required" does not mean "voluntarily." It means that citizens will be forced into these facilities. Calling them "mandatory government facilities" instead of "internment camps" is a matter of semantics. Internment is defined as the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons. Does that not sound like what Trudeau said in the statement above? See the shift in policy happen in the video below.
Indeed, according to the government's own website, violators will be imprisoned.
Violating any instructions provided to you when you entered Canada is an offence under the Quarantine Act and could lead to up to:
6 months in prison and/or $750,000 in fines
If you break your mandatory quarantine or isolation requirements and you cause the death or serious bodily harm to another person, you could face:
a fine of up to $1,000,000 or imprisonment of up to 3 years or both
The Contraventions Act provides police (including RCMP, provincial and local police) more power to enforce the Contraventions Act. They can now issue tickets to people who do not comply with the Act. Fines range from $275 to $1000.
This is and has been the nature of the state since the beginning of the pandemic. The police state measures are being incrementally rolled out. Had they attempted all of this back in March, rest assured that there would be massive resistance with bipartisan support. Now, however, team doom is cheering it on.
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