Canada's Surveillance Bill C-22 Draws Fire Over Mass Data Retention Powers

Canada's Bill C-22 would compel internet providers and VPNs to retain user metadata for up to one year, granting police warrantless access to digital activity, while a companion bill criminalises quoting certain Bible passages. These twin developments signal a rapidly tightening governmental grip on both digital privacy and religious expression — a convergence that mirrors the kind of centralised control and speech suppression Scripture associates with the final world system. Revelation 13:16-17 describes a global order in which economic and social participation is contingent on compliance, while Jesus warned in Matthew 24:9 that believers would be handed over to authorities and hated for His name's sake.