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| Canadian Govt. Considers Using Phone Location Data to Identify Gatherings of People
Christopher Nardi National Post A report by The Logic indicates the City of Toronto has obtained data from wireless carriers in order identify gatherings of people. Justin Trudeau is not closed to the idea of requesting location data from telecommunications companies in order to spot social gatherings that are contravening orders to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the beginning of the global health crisis, nearly all new Canadian cases of the virus diagnosed in the past few days were caught through community transmission as opposed to travel abroad, Canada's top doctor revealed Tuesday. On the same day, another bleak milestone was hit in Quebec, which became the first Canadian province to have over 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as community infections continue to grow. To curb that trend, could the federal government request location data from wireless providers to see when people are ignoring orders to stay home and avoid congregating? "I think