Quebec, as well as all of Canada, needs more freedom of expression as âthis new puritanismâ of censorship âhurts the economy and makes Quebecers poorer,â says a new report commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute.
The report is called âCanada Must Do More to Protect and Encourage Freedom of Expression.â The report also tackles access to information at all levels of government.
The issue of censorship is very much in the news these days, particularly with the banning on social media of now-former U.S. President Donald Trump following the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, and the shuttering of the startup Parler site via Google and Apple apps, and its website, which was shut down by its host Amazon.