In a “leaked memo,” the Trudeau government has reportedly requested that U.S. civil aviation filter out Canadian military flights from online flight tracking services; that involves “complicating” the tracking of Trudeau’s “flight habits,” as well as the Governor General’s flights. Trudeau is often referenced as having “totalitarian” tendencies. It isn’t far-fetched to wonder what he’s hiding, given his past ethics violations.
The reason provided for the Canadian government request raises even more questions. The government is citing “security concerns,” a default for any government that seeks to avoid scrutiny.
In 2019, a secret visa program was exposed which grants visas to war criminals, terrorists, and those who pose security threats. The mysterious program stipulated that the special “public policy” entry visas were permitted “so long as it is in Canada’s ‘national interest.’” No explanation was provided for what this “national interest” might be. Although there is no relationship between this secret visa program and what Trudeau might be trying to hide about his flight habits, the common denominator is lack of transparency from the Trudeau government.
Conservative Party ethics critic James Bezan said he was “in favour of restricting data about military or transport flights operating in or near conflict zones,” but “he’s opposed to the blanket blocks,” which, in his view, block accountability and show a “lack of transparency that’s become the hallmark” of the Trudeau government.
Since “the prime minister and senior government officials have come under recent scrutiny for their flying habits,” it looks suspicious and raises the question of what Trudeau is trying to hide.
But don’t expect any reasonable answer. Trudeau’s disregard for Canadians has been consistent and his entitled attitude, obscene, all while showing disdain for or dismissing any inquiries.
The Globe and Mail asked: Is Ottawa trying to cover up Trudeau’s embarrassing flight habits?, pointing out:
There was the time in 2019 when Trudeau tweeted “climate change is real” while briefly interrupting a Florida vacation to fly back to Ottawa for a single meeting – a roundtrip that burned 1,400 litres of jet fuel. He took a Christmas vacation that year to Costa Rica that somehow required five separate roundtrip jet flights from Ottawa.
“Ottawa asks FAA to block military planes — including PM and GG flights — from flight trackers,” by Bryan Passifiume, National Post, July 22, 2022:
Citing security concerns, the Canadian government has asked U.S. civil aviation authorities to filter Canadian military flights from popular online flight tracking services, a move that has complicated — but not eliminated — the ability to track the prime minister’s flight habits.
Department of National Defence Spokesperson Daniel Le Bouthillier told National Post the Royal Canadian Air Force began exploring blocking their flights in the spring, and has since worked with other government agencies and NAV Canada to consider options. Despite RCAF flights already being blocked by popular online flight tracking services, he maintained no firm decision has been made to make the request official government policy.
But an excerpt from a letter to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) posted to Twitter by @elonjet founder Jack Sweeney shows NAV Canada — the privately-run, not-for-profit civil aviation agency responsible for Canada’s air traffic and navigation services — requesting a number of military callsigns be added to the FAA’s Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD) flight privacy program….
While Conservative Party ethics critic James Bezan is in favour of restricting data about military or transport flights operating in or near conflict zones, he’s opposed to the blanket blocks illustrated in the leaked memo.
“The idea that any travel — especially within Canada — would be blocked talks to the bigger issue of avoiding accountability, and the lack of transparency that’s become the hallmark of this Liberal government,” he said.
mortimer says
Jihadi Justin rode in a platform of TRANSPARENCY!
Another broken campaign promise of a man who admires the ‘basic dictatorship’ of red China.
He acts like a totalitarian and he also admired his putative father Fidel Castro.
(For doubters, why has a dna test not be done to prove or disprove the Castro paternity?)
mortimer says
correction Jihadi Justin rode in ON a platform of TRANSPARENCY!
Keith O says
And here’s me thinking that it was only black ops that blocked flight trackers.
This goes a long way to showing his levels of contempt that he holds non muslim Canadians.
gravenimage says
Canadian government asks FAA to block military planes, including Trudeau’s flights, from flight trackers
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Why would they even ask this?
E T says
He may be fearful that on the return from one of his many photo ops, he will be denied re-entry. We can no longer “tolerate” him.
Grace says
Canadians join Americans in the Long March , now in progress. The Long March, a euphemism for the long period of discontent forced on a population until, down on their knees, they cannot any longer fight repression by a dominant force such a Marxism or Communism that strips them of their rights and freedom, money and arms and renders them helpless..
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Starvation, inflation, invasion, pandemic, enforced poverty, voter nullification, disarming the population, have all been part of The Long March..
E T says
I WILL NOT COMPLY.
PMK says
At some point don’t some of these flights enter US airspace? If they’re blocked from flight trackers, what impact does that have on air traffic control systems?