Central bank’s digital dollar needs to skirt the line between fiscal control and financial surveillance: researcher

Carleton crypto-researcher and PhD candidate James Patriquin says there are legitimate concerns regarding the increased possibilities for surveillance and government control over Canadians' financial lives.
The Bank of Canada has launched a consultation to gauge the public's interest and concerns regarding a hypothetical digital dollar, saying the bank needs to be 'ready for whatever the future holds.'

The Bank of Canada has begun exploring the possibility of issuing a digital form of the Canadian dollar, launching a public consultation on how people would use it, what security features it would need, and to learn what concerns Canadians may have about how it would affect ...

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