Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 2nd, 2026

People hate being surveilled, taken advantage of, or treated differently than their peers. Surveillance pricing—the individualized, algorithmic practice of charging one person more than another based on data harvested from them—hits the trifecta. Governments ought to ban the practice. It’s insane we must even debate the question. The New Democratic Party has been on the case of late throughout the country—both nationally and sub-nationally. Manitoba led the charge, introducing a bill to restrict algorithmic pricing in March. The Ontario NDP, under leader Marit Stiles, followed suit. So...