Commentary
Canada’s war on the core liberties of its citizens—their freedom to think what they want, believe in what they want, and express themselves accordingly—is about to escalate in ways that just a few years ago no one would have thought possible.
First up is news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is confirming its commitment to escalating online censorship by creating a “Digital Safety Commissioner” with the power to order platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to take down legal content it deems “harmful” or otherwise offends its sensibilities.
Long delayed as Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez worked to pass his Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) and Online News Act (Bill C-18), there was some hope that the third phase of this crackdown on a free and open internet might have stalled….