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We stand for freedom Yes By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on May 7, 2021. In a democracy, it is the government’s job to defend people’s right to speak freely. Yet, the federal Liberal government is doing the exact opposite. Bill C-10-An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts – was first introduced in the House of Commons on November 3, 2020. Originally, Conservatives were supportive of many parts of this bill because there was a comm...

A Look at the Liberal Government’s Different Internet Content Control Measures The Liberal government’s Bill C-10, which has been criticized by the opposition and advocates for its potential to limit free speech, is part of a number of measures and directives issued by the federal government for internet and speech control. These measures include introducing new regulations for online content, a legal framework to address “online hate,” as well as a struck-down section of Canada’s el...

Article content The Liberal government is promising to change broadcasting Bill C-10 following a week of controversy that an amendment to the legislation infringes Canadians’ rights to free expression. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said a new amendment would make it “crystal clear” that social media posts by Canadians would not be subject to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing ...

Article content The Liberal government is promising to change broadcasting Bill C-10 following a week of controversy that an amendment to the legislation infringes Canadians’ rights to free expression. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said a new amendment would make it “crystal clear” that social media posts by Canadians would not be subject to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing ...

Article content Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using the political cover of the COVID-19 pandemic to bypass Parliament and the Charter rights of Canadians. With public attention focused on the pandemic, largely because of Trudeau’s failure to secure adequate and timely vaccine supplies, the PM has been shredding the promise he made in the 2015 election that brought him to power of “open and transparent government.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your bro...

Canadian Government Wants To Regulate Social Media Like Broadcast Published: May 3, 2021 It’s Canada’s turn in the carousel of attempts at terrible internet regulation around the world. The ruling Liberal party, which professor and internet law researcher Michael Geist has called the most anti-internet government in Canadian history for its wide variety of planned new internet laws, has been working for months on a bill to amend the Broadcasting Act and greatly broaden its scope, giving th...

Last Updated May 2, 2021 at 3:22 pm EDT FILE - In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app TikTok on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S., according to a source familiar with the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File) Summary Changes to a broadcasting bill has the feds facing ...

The real consequences of Steven Guilbeault’s battle with the web giants Michael Geist: Below the surface of the Liberal governments effort to crack down on big tech lies an even bigger threat—the implications for free speech in Canada By Michael Geist May 3, 2021 Guilbeault speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Feb. 3, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld) Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of...

Article content The Liberal government is promising to change broadcasting Bill C-10 following a week of controversy that an amendment to the legislation infringes Canadians’ rights to free expression. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said a new amendment would make it “crystal clear” that social media posts by Canadians would not be subject to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing ...

Government Censorship of the Internet Is Tyranny, Not Protection Commentary With Bill C-10, the federal government seeks to regulate video content on YouTube and other social media, the same way it regulates national broadcasting. “Canadians who upload videos to the internet could find that their content falls under the watchful eye of the federal government after proposed changes to Canada’s broadcasting law were modified at the eleventh hour last week,” says an April 26 Toronto Star art...