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Trudeau\u2019s Internet Censorship Agenda Condemned By Google<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are aspects of the government\u2019s proposal that could be vulnerable to abuse and lead to over removal of legitimate content.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>Brad Salzberg<\/a> Nov 14 <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A recent blog post from Google Canada<\/strong> tells the story. The internet giant has stated that \u201cthere are<\/em> aspects of the government\u2019s proposal that could be vulnerable to abuse and lead to over removal of legitimate content.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what has to be the most hated piece of proposed legislation in modern times, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/strong> says he has had enough. Tired of the tedium of freedom of speech, Mr. Trudeau is calling for the implementation of an internet censorship program within 100 days of return to Parliament.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reaction, former CRTC<\/strong> commissioner Peter Menzies stated that \u201cgranting a government agency authority over legal user generated content  constitutes an assault on the foundations of democracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada is currently on a path to regulating online harms<\/a><\/strong> that internet authorities such as Global Network Initiative, Ranking Digital Rights, internet scholar Daphne Keller and legal scholar Michael Geist have decried as among the worst in the world.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCanadians won\u2019t notice the strong arm of government controlling their internet posting and browsing right away. This is going to be creeping censorship<\/strong> \u2013 death by a thousand bureaucratic edicts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe million little affronts <\/a><\/strong>to free speech will begin two to five years from now when the big targets have been mostly subdued.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, the stifling of diversity of opinion on the internet will unfold in the fashion of all Trudeau-led social transformations: incrementally, for the purpose of seducing Canadians<\/strong> into passivity and acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another method of seduction reeks of Trudeau-brand neo-liberalism: a fusing together of draconian measures with human rights-based altruism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The online harms bill would target online posts in five categories \u2014 terrorist content, content that incites violence, hate speech, intimate images shared non-consensually, and child sexual exploitation content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sensible person doesn\u2019t want child abuse to be curtailed? On this basis, censorship Bill C-10<\/strong> and Bill C-36<\/strong> can be perceived as wholly benevolent\u2013 meanwhile, the devil remains in the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a National Post<\/strong> article from July, 2021, the Liberal government\u2019s online harms bill would create a new regulator for illegal content with sweeping powers that critics say raise concerns about secret proceedings and Canadians\u2019 Charter Rights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIts authority would include the ability to send inspectors into workplaces and homes <\/a><\/strong>in search for documents.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning authorities would maintain the right to walk into the homes of Canadians to investigate hate crime allegations. Memories of George Orwell\u2019s \u201c1984?\u201d<\/strong> Or rather, the creeping phenomenon of neo-totalitarianism comes to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Daphne Keller, Director of Stanford University<\/strong> Cyber Policy Center, Canada\u2019s proposal <\/a><\/strong>\u201cis like a list of the worst ideas<\/strong> around the world\u2013 <\/em>\u2013 the ones human rights groups have been fighting in the EU, India, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, and elsewhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guess who agrees? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
\u2013 British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
\u2013 Canada Palestine Association
\u2013 Canada Palestine Support Network
\u2013 Canadian BDS Coalition
\u2013 Canadian Arab Federation
\u2013 Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
\u2013 Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
\u2013 Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)
\u2013 Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir (CPJK)
\u2013 Canadians United Against Hate
\u2013 Catholics for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land
\u2013 Community Coalition Against Racism
\u2013 Continuing Education Students\u2019 Association
\u2013 Independent Jewish Voices Canada
\u2013 International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
\u2013 Islamic Social Services Association
\u2013 Jewish Liberation Theology Institute
\u2013 Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel, ON Canada
\u2013 Oakville Palestinian Rights Association
\u2013 PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity)
\u2013 Palestinian Canadian Congress
\u2013 Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
\u2013 South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
\u2013 Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right\u2013all these multicultural organizations have signed a petition<\/a><\/strong> that opposes Trudeau\u2019s Canadian Internet Firewall Proposal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catching our collective breath, we ponder the ramifications of a comprehensive rejection of the Trudeau government\u2019s proposal. To what extent will this affect internet censorship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural Action Party<\/strong> has an opinion\u2013 the answer is to<\/em> no extent at all.<\/em> In this dynamic we discover an axiomatic truth regarding contemporary Canada: what government wants, government gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy, or neo-communism? Time and again, Team Trudeau<\/strong> utilize the same methodology. Position the agenda as one of social benevolence. It is in the best interests of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a poll from Blacklock\u2019s Reporter<\/strong>, 80% of Canadians <\/a><\/strong>believe the online content they consume is factual and truthful. 66%<\/strong> feel confident in their ability to tell if online content is fair and balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let CAP<\/strong> deliver a conclusion in our typically candid manner: no one wants what the ruling Liberal government<\/strong> is proposing. Except perhaps Canadian media organizations. After all, if Bill C-10 and Bill C-36 pass, it will re-route revenues lost to them resulting from the rise of alternate media\u2013 aka the internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrive at the crux of the matter. In a pattern which encapsulates post-modern Canadian society, what we have here is a battle of government\/media versus the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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