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Collected Item: “Health officials warn Canadians against believing COVID-19 'internment camps' disinformation”

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Health officials warn Canadians against believing COVID-19 'internment camps' disinformation

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Conspiracy theorists in Canada believe that the Federal government is planning on creating internment camps and forcing people into them. This is likely due to the government push for funding of federal quarantine sites offered to homeless and other individuals on a voluntary basis.

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conspiracy theory, HSE, disinformation, Canada

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-internment-camps-disinformation-1.5769592

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John Paul Tasker

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2020-10-20
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