from Whitney Webb, Investigative Journalist, author of One Nation Under Blackmail.  www.unlimitedhangout.com

Regular Gazette readers will recall LG’s NG911 recent article which reported on Lillooet’s CAO pursuing this new technology and the “free money” being given to those who adopt it. My research revealed the high risk of loss of privacy and rights, invasive surveillance, the militaristic language being used, as well as shadowy players located in the Bahamas. This update broadens that article with information gleaned from Chris Hedges’ interview of Whitney Webb on the Chris Hedges Report on YouTube—a pointed and important discussion about more of the nefarious motives for the so-called “upgrade” to 911 services.

Webb: “NG911 isn’t just about emergencies, it’s about hoovering our data for predictive policing (“predpol”): who’s used 911 in the past, who’s likely to use it in the future. Companies are cropping up to control 911 Emergency Call Centers across the U.S,” Webb said. 

One such company is Carbyne. From Wikipedia: Carbyne “develops advanced emergency communications solutions, focuses on providing real-time video, location and data transmission to enhance emergency response systems worldwide.” This is the translation: “Real-time” means your cell phone is connected to the grid 24/7/365, no privacy, too bad so sad. “Worldwide” means the centralization of all human data and the advancement of one world government and top-down controls by anonymous sociopaths who don’t live here. Extreme surveillance is at hand, people. But, as my research revealed, the current 9-1-1 will still be available, at least for the time being, so when they come knocking, selling you on how great this new NG911 is, scaring you with potential emergencies, touting the incredible benefits for your “safety and well-being”, shucking and jiving about ‘new and improved’, just say NO. 

Other folks have been keeping an eye on this issue, including Philip Perras, the mayor of Pender Island. He’s been sending lengthy letters to all municipalities in BC, including ours. The following is an excerpt from his December 2025 letter:

Systemic Accountability Failures and the E-Comm 911 Review

Two reports were released:

“These issues are not isolated. The independent EY review of E-Comm 911 completed in September (released publicly on November 7) — confirms what municipalities have been saying for years: the system lacked clear governance, financial controls, and meaningful oversight. EY found that accountability effectively stopped nowhere, with unclear authority, unpredictable levy increases and no contingency fund for emergencies — the very business they are in.

“The first identified major operational and budgeting failures and issued 25 recommendations, including stronger financial controls, a stakeholder-management framework, and a review of E-Comm’s 23-member board, which currently includes no Vancouver Island representation — despite Island municipalities being required to absorb downloaded levies. The second report outlined four possible service-delivery models and emphasized that the province’s role in emergency communications must finally be defined.

Importantly, while the Province had promised an independent review back in December 2024, it was the unity of the ten South Island mayors — standing together on the Legislature steps in January 2025 to protest the downloading of 911 costs — that forced the issue into the political foreground and ensured the review could not be quietly sidelined. Their public stance made it impossible for the Province to downplay, delay, or dilute the process, especially after years of unresolved concerns despite municipalities having been notified of the impending cost shift as early as 2019. For years, E-Comm operated on trust rather than transparency. The EY findings now confirm what local governments had been warning all along: accountability was missing, oversight was weak, and only municipal unity made the truth impossible to ignore.”