Will Canada censor WUWT climate change content?

Essay by Eric Worrall

As Measure C-11 moves toward law, we question whether the Government of Canada believes its people are so fragile that they should be protected.

What Canadians are saying about Measure C-11

Via Connor McDowell
February 6, 2023

Measure C-11 is getting closer to becoming law and Canadians are considering it.

The law, if passed, would target Canadians’ online feeds. One such affected feed could be their homepage on YouTube, where content will be prioritized based on goals set by the Canadian Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

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On Monday, prominent Canadian internet and e-commerce law professor Michael Geist said confidence in the CRTC is dwindling because it acts as an arm of the government instead of as a regulator. independent reason.

“Just last week […] Rodriguez told an industry conference that he can ‘direct the CRTC on many things and in many ways,'” Geist wrote on Substack.

On Twitter, he wrote that the government may have “lost the script” on Measure C-11.

follow the minister @pablorodriguez immediately disproves the fears of thousands of Canadian creators, misleads the film/TV production community into their concerns, and dismisses an extensive Senate study on Measure C-11 that shows the The government has lost the script on this bill.https://t.co/nPXIG3zSoc

– Michael Geist (@mgeist) February 3, 2023

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Featured Comments -Bill C-11 is an affront to freedom of expression, an attack on Canadian creators, a Trudeau/Rodriguez violation of my right to choose what I watch. mine

– Cheryl Robinson (@CherylR09307747) February 1, 2023

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Read more: https://tnc.news/2023/02/06/bill-c-11-1/

The Canadian effort echoes President Biden’s apparent attempt last year to outlaw “misinformation” by bringing in untalented people. Nina Jankowicz in charge of the short lucky life Management board misinformation.

What happened to society? Why are there attempts to infringe upon our most fundamental freedom, the right to open communication with fellow human beings? Why is the Government of Canada pushing for Measure C-11? Why is Biden pushing his Misinformation Management Board?

Whatever the answer to this question, I hope the next administrations, in both Canada and the United States, will put an end to it.