In a move that would make Orwell blush, the Department of Canadian Heritage spent over $128,000 of your tax dollars to monitor Facebook and Twitter posts from Canadians who dared to speak out in support of Israel or criticize Justin Trudeau—after Hamas terrorists slaughtered and kidnapped civilians, including eight Canadians, on October 7, 2023.

According to Access to Information records uncovered by Blacklock’s Reporter, the surveillance contract was handed to the UK-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). The job? Track what the government labelled “right wing responses to the conflict” and compile reports on “extremism, hate and disinformation.” Translation: spy on Canadian citizens for having the wrong opinions about terrorism, immigration, or Trudeau.

While actual pro-Hamas mobs flooded the streets of major Canadian cities—waving terrorist flags, chanting for intifada, storming campuses and harassing Jewish Canadians—Ottawa’s priority was to target critics of this anti-Canadian lunacy. The peaceful, pro-Israel Canadians who objected to Hamas sympathizers taking over public spaces were the ones flagged for monitoring.

The monitors weren’t watching terrorist recruiters or actual threats to national security—they were watching you….