Maggie's Farm

I don't have a problem with cameras in public. I have a problem with the misuse of them. Here are a few suggestions to fix the problem:
1. Remove the ability of any government/public entity to fine or otherwise use the cameras for monetary enrichment.
2. Require any government entity/individual to first get a warrant before they can search or use the data collected.
3. Place serious punishment for misuse, I suggest a mandatory 5 years in prison for any government individual who misuses the cameras/data.
4. Require that any government entity using these cameras have a robust and responsive system of FOIA to allow any citizen to see any and all video/pictures of them, their family and their properties at no charge. By robust I mean no refusal and by responsive I mean within 24 hours or the government entity must pay the citizen fines for every hour it delays.
5. ALL government cameras must be on a 16 sq/ft mount that is painted in orange and black stripes AND have flashing red lights to identify them.

Comply with these simple rules and I am 100% in favor of flock cameras.

I am in favor of ending all traffic fines. This is greatly misused by cities as a backdoor tax and often innocent people are charged with infractions they didn't commit because the effort to enrich the government coffers is so tempting. Instead levy points against the drivers license or for more serious charges take the license and/or put them in jail for a few days or weeks. The money changes everything and encourages fraud.

Make the warrants easy to get but with strong punishments for misuse. It is a 4th amendment violation to allow the government to search through our personal data willy nilly. For whatever reason as has been proved time and time again the government, i.e. individuals employed in government, cannot be trusted. The constitution was written to limit government and that is exactly what we should do. I do not believe this information is anymore "public" then my phone conversations or my texts.

As for mounting cameras on large clearly visible platforms, these cameras are being hidden, often not where they can observe traffic and are at that point clearly being misused. Unless we want a soviet style constant monitoring system we need to get ahead of this problem quickly.

Destroyed in 30 days! When you purchase a gun from a store you fill out a form which they can use to verify that you are not a criminal and can legally buy it. The form is supposed to be destroyed after that function is processed. The government was caught keeping these forms and have done it now for decades. They have even fought to keep the data in court. And they have even chosen to further brake the laws by doing it in secret. Our government(s) cannot be trusted!!! That is why they must be reigned in whenever they begin to misuse their powers.

I sympathize with Canadians. Your government and media are lying to you so you do not understand that this is about trade and Canadian companies and the government cheating by bringing in Chinese goods and using their position to send them to the U.S. against our agreement with Canada. All Canada needs to do is negotiate with good faith and then live up to the agreement and all will be well. But Carney and the EU prefer to gas light Canadians so they can use your patriotism to continue to push Canada away from the U.S. and into the arms of the EU and China. Your "elbows up" should be replaced with "wake up".

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/14/white-house-notes-canada-biggest-enabler-of-transshipped-chinese-products-to-u-s-market/

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/13/canadian-trade-officials-threaten-to-leave-usmca-trade-talks-if-trump-triggers-50-percent-tariffs/

Wrong! Canadian tariffs started the tariff war. The U.S. Asked Trudeau to end tariffs on U.S. goods and he refused. All Trump is looking for is a fair, to both countries, trade agreement. Also as an example of Canadian companies duplicity; they were importing cheap Chinese aluminum and using the favorable (to Canada) trade agreement to sell it to the U.S. even though that was explicitly forbidden.

Greenland: The North West passage is a real thing. China is trying to get a "belt and road" through there. Greenland is right in the middle and at risk of Chinese manipulation. Greenland must be protected and since it literally overlooks most of the North West passage it is a critical component of protecting North America from China and Russia. Finland and Canada can gnash their teeth and send strong worded letters but the second China goes into Greenland or oversteps into the North West passage Greenland WILL be protected by the U.S. (Unless we get another useless communist party president like Obama or Biden).

the biggest consumer of exported Chinese products in the world is the US. Yeah! And Trump just dramatically cut that and there will be more cuts coming. AND we don't want products from other countries with an Chinese components either. And THAT is going to be a big problem for a lot of countries who manufacture products using components from China.

You are right that possible after the midterms and certainly in 2028 Trump policies will be attacked and restricted by our home grown communist party but that will hardly be good news to Canada. Make no mistake if China declares war on the U.S. there will be an asterisk there with Canada's name on it. You may not like the U.S. or you may dislike Trump but anyone that comes after us includes Canada too as a footnote. You are stuck with us. Sorry!