Yet Another Bill That Threatens Internet Freedom in Canada
Hands up everyone who thinks it’s a good idea to allow kids to watch pornography?
Anyone? No? Sure? Anyone?
I didn’t think so. Neither do I. But that’s exactly why Canada is on the cusp of passing what could turn out to be its most invasive, privacy-threatening, internet-freedom suppressing, anti-free speech legislation yet.
And all in the name of a good cause. Welcome to Bill S-210, the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act. It’s a private member’s bill introduced by Sen. Julie Miville-Dechene. It has passed three readings in the Senate, where it was introduced, and is now in committee with the House of Commons, having sailed through its first two readings there.
It’s a bill with significantly frightening flaws and truly problematic potential. But it might very well become law because there aren’t enough politicians out there with the guts to oppose it.
Halifax privacy lawyer and law school lecturer David Fraser calls it a “clear and present danger to a free and open internet” that “shockingly” has gained political traction.
Dear Liberals, fire the bureaucrats
The Liberals must stop growing the public service and instead find ways to boost the economy
(Really, get off our backs and get out of the way. That's all it would take)
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/fire-the-bureaucrats
Did the RCMP's Indigenous Policing policy derail the Kamloops investigation?
https://wokewatchcanada.substack.com/p/did-the-rcmps-indigenous-policing
