When my partner Scott and I created Digital Freedom Canada a few years ago we did not consider this type of surveillance would arrive so soon; a digital panopticon with ICEYEs. Synthetic Aperture Radar fits nicely with the Carney government grab of 30% of Canada by 2030 (30 in 30). In a few short years it is not hard to imagine a Canada with government exercising full control over that Land with No Go Zones using full time SAR. Paying for a subscription service to ICEYE and our tax dollars to monitor and control our movements. Not my kind of freedom.
ICEYE owns the world’s largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. They deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.
There’s a free SAR system you can try out on your own computer. Welcome to the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, an open ecosystem that provides free instant access to a wide range of data and services from the Copernicus Sentinel missions and more on our planet’s land, oceans and atmosphere.
Just consider the implications of the Land Grab going on right under our noses at this very moment in time. Below is a small taste of the article you can read on substack by Unfiltered with Kels . “In Canada today, the “Land Grab” is happening through a pincer movement of Legal Reclassification and Economic Liquidation.“
1. The 30×30 Strategy and “Defective” Titles
Under a global mandate, the federal government is moving to protect 30% of Canada’s land by 2030. In April 2026, Alberta officially rejected this as a “federal land grab.”
Simultaneously, in B.C. and New Brunswick, legal challenges regarding Aboriginal Title suggest that “fee simple” (private) ownership is “defective” or subject to new negotiations. If a judge can redefine your deed overnight, private property no longer exists.
2. The Rezoning Trap and the 15-Minute City
Across the country, “Mass Rezoning” is devaluing the single-family dream. By rezoning your neighborhood for high-density living for the “public good,” the state makes your land more valuable to a developer than to your family. If you can’t afford the rising property taxes that come with “highest and best use” valuation, you’re forced to sell.
3. The Corporate Liquidators
This is the “clean-up” phase. As the state uses inflation (Step 1) and taxes to squeeze the individual owner, global investment firms are waiting with subsidized cash. Institutional investors are buying up thousands of single-family homes, turning the Canadian Dream into a permanent rental market. You move from being an owner with equity to a renter in the New Collective.