Commentary
Misinformation has been a buzzword often used by the government as they try to justify intrusive legislation created to control information on the internet such as Bill-C11. While the government appears cognizant that social media can be an unreliable source of information, they don’t hesitate to embrace questionable information from the internet when it suits their own political agenda. MPs from both the NDP and Liberal parties have cited internet and media sources when trying to justify the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
Testimony from Supt. Pat Morris, head of Ontario Provincial Police’s intelligence unit, at the Emergencies Act inquiry on Oct. 19 was scathing when he said, “I was concerned by comments made publicly by public figures and in the media that I believed were not premised in fact.”…