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It needs to be fed to a dumpster.
Even Peter Menzies, former vice-chair of the CRTC and retired editor-publisher of Postmedia’s Calgary Herald, agrees.
“Overall (Bill C-10) ensures that going forward all Canadians communicating over the internet will do so under the guise of the state,” he said Wednesday during a Macdonald-Laurier Institute webinar. “In doing so, this opens a door that, in my view, should remain closed.”
Worse, he said, “the government itself doesn’t seem to understand what it is doing.”
In the Senate, it is Hall of Fame broadcaster Pamela Wallin, once a senior news force on CTV, who is leading the charge and vowing to stop Bill C-10 from becoming law.
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Pro tip, Trudeau Liberals: When you have a Constitution, heed it.
And if you have legal experts to check out your legislation, use ’em. They’ll help keep you out of trouble.
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And in recent days, on the free speech front, Justin Trudeau and one of his ministers have had plenty of trouble. All self-made.
We tender as evidence Bill C-10. The bill updates the Broadcasting Act, which hasn’t changed in two decades. That’s arguably good.
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Let’s call it a pause but let’s not call it a win when it comes to Bill C-10, the Trudeau government’s internet censorship bill. Late on Monday, the Trudeau Liberals agreed to allow a review that will see both the heritage minister and the justice minister appear before the committee studying Bill C-10.
MPs will get to quiz Justice Minister David Lametti and Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault on the reasons behind the bill but likely, little will change. Under the bill, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CTRC as it is known, will become the de facto regulator of the internet in Canada.
Canadians still confident in vaccines and oilsands outbreak : In The News for May 11
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 11, 2021 at 4:28 am EDT
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 11 …
What we are watching in Canada …
A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
More than eight in 10 poll respondents said they are either vaccinated already or plan to get inoculated when it’s their turn, almost identical to the number who said that in a similar poll taken a month ago.