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      Canada Has Not Ordered Guillotines To Control COVID-19 By Execution

      The guillotines in question are machines used to cut paper and not for executing people.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  20 Dec 2020 5:22 PM IST
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      Canada Has Not Ordered Guillotines To Control COVID-19 By Execution

      An official Canadian government notice of intent to procure hydraulic guillotines was shared across social media, with some questioning if it would be used for executions. But the guillotines in question are machines used to cut paper, according to the website of the company that won the bidding process to sell them to Canada.

      "Canadian Govt Publishes Bid Request For 'Programmable Hydraulic Guillotines' Needed 'in support of Canada's response to COVID-19,'" reads the headline of a November 16, 2020 article shared hundreds of times on Facebook.


      Screenshot taken on silverdoctors.com on December 18, 2020

      Also Read: Social Media Users Cite Thalidomide To Question COVID-19 Vaccine's Safety

      The claim spread across websites and was shared on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


      Screenshot of Facebook posts taken on December 18, 2020

      The social media attention followed the publication of a document by the federal agency in charge of awarding public contracts, after purchasing hydraulic paper cutters (guillotines) for Statistics Canada, the national statistics agency.

      The original document, which read "Programmable Hydraulic Guillotines," was later amended to read "Hydraulic Paper Cutter."


      Screenshot taken on buyandsell.gc.ca on December 18, 2020

      "It is indeed a tender notice for Hydraulic Paper Cutter, not to cut people's heads," a spokeswoman for Public Services and Procurement Canada told AFP in an email.

      Also Read: Video Of Nurse Collapsing Shared To Claim COVID-19 Vaccines Are Unsafe

      Contacted by phone, a spokesman for Sydney Stone, the company that won the government bid, declined to comment.

      A search for "guillotine" on the company's website shows that the items in question are indeed paper cutters.


      Screenshot taken on printfinishing.com on December 18, 2020

      A video showing how a hydraulic guillotine works can be found here.

      Canada formally abolished the death penalty in 1998, but there had not been an execution since 1962, according to Amnesty International.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Canadahydraulic guillotinesguillotinesCOVID-19Coronavirus PandemicCoronavirus OutbreakCoronavirus CureCoronavirus Vaccine
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      Claim :   Canada has bought hydraulic guillotines in support of its response to COVID-19.
      Claimed By :  Posts on websites, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
      Fact Check :  False
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