https://www.change.org/p/stop-bill-s-206-the-digital-prison
Author of petition: Jane Scharf

PETITION TO OPPOSE BILL S-206

Protect Canadians From Digital Control, Surveillance, and Administrative Punishment Without Due Process**

To:

The Senate of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada

We, the undersigned Canadian citizens and residents, urgently call upon Parliament to reject Bill S-206 in its entirety.

Bill S-206 is presented as a routine regulatory modernization bill, but the consequences are severe, dangerous, and irreversible. This Bill would fundamentally alter the relationship between citizens and government by creating the legal machinery required for a federal digital compliance and punishment system.

WHY BILL S-206 MUST BE STOPPED

1. Creates a comprehensive federal digital profile for every Canadian aged 17+

Bill S-206 requires federal institutions to maintain personal “digital files” containing:

identity records

tax and financial data

health information

family and demographic data

compliance history with federal programs

This becomes the core database for a national digital ID system.

2. Enables administrative monetary penalties WITHOUT a hearing
Under S-206:

Officials can impose fines without notifying you properly

You can be punished without ever going before a court

There is no presumption of innocence

You must pay first, then attempt to fight it later

This violates the principles of due process, natural justice, and fundamental justice protected under common law and the Canadian Bill of Rights.

3. Shifts power from Parliament to federal agencies
Bill S-206 allows:

Unelected bureaucrats

Regulatory bodies

Administrative enforcement units

…to make binding decisions that used to require legislation, judicial oversight, or clear legal authority.

This enables governance by regulation, not by law.

4. Allows Cabinet to set yearly “conditions” for benefits
Bill S-206 permits federal institutions to:

Evaluate eligibility

Determine compliance

Withhold or condition benefits

This includes:

CPP

OAS

EI

Provincial and Federal Disability payments

Veteran benefits

Federal grants

Student aid

Cabinet could decide—each year—what Canadians must do to access their own money.

This creates the foundation for social-credit conditions, such as:

medical compliance

climate behaviour

digital ID participation

employment quotas

vaccination status

approved social behaviour

5. Enables financial control through centralized data
Because S-206 ties together:

CRA

Service Canada

Immigration

Employment and Social Development

Health databases

Banking integration

…your access to money can be delayed, restricted, or suspended automatically.

This is how digital ID systems are enforced in other countries.

6. Establishes the enforcement mechanism for digital ID
Digital ID itself is the infrastructure.

Bill S-206 is the punishment arm.

Together they create:

centralized identity

centralized financial access

centralized compliance scoring

automated penalties

no court oversight

no due process

This is the architecture of a digital control grid.

7. Threatens privacy, autonomy, and medical freedom
By linking health records, benefits, and administrative penalties, S-206 allows:

monitoring of medical choices

tracking of personal behaviour

punishing Canadians for non-compliance

This is incompatible with:

medical privacy

bodily autonomy

freedom of choice

informed consent under Ontario law

common-law rights affirmed by the Canadian Bill of Rights

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DEMAND:
The immediate rejection of Bill S-206

Full protection of Canadians’ privacy, autonomy, and due process rights

A public commitment that no national digital ID or centralized compliance system will ever be implemented

A return to Parliamentary supremacy, not bureaucratic rule by regulation

Full transparency in all federal data-sharing arrangements

We sign this petition to defend:
our privacy

our financial independence

our medical freedom

our right to due process

our right to live without digital surveillance

our right to be free from coercive federal control

Bill S-206 is not modernization.

It is the machinery of digital authoritarianism.

We call on Parliament to stop this bill now.

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Jane Scharf’s recommended strategy to follow up on this petition:
https://substack.com/inbox/post/181786544

Her substack page: https://substack.com/@janescharf

Senate Bill S-206: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/s-206

Jane Scharf’s background research / how she interprets this bill:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WvosFh8p4kM2ATecnZ9A4Fxe9t6-SF3hiH_udH-Abuk/mobilebasic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PacXUzge2c2AHWvjUUEizpLtsaDtTR2r/edit#heading=h.jkth4ewogb8u

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