Posted on 06/22/2021 11:02:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Bill C-10 passed last night, 196 to 112.
The vote passed at just after 1:30 am.
As for what's next, the bill will now go to Senate. Senators have said that there is no chance that the bill gets approved the week before Parliament goes on summer break, according to law professor Michael Geist.
The bill has been the topic of controversy for weeks, as supporters of the bill, mainly from the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc, say that the bill will introduce long-needed regulation to the internet that would protect Canadians from tech giants.
The Conservatives, however, see the bill as one that is beyond repair and an attack on Canadians' freedom of speech. The Liberals attempted to "shut down debate on Bill C-10," says Fort Saskatchewan MP Garnett Genuis, by shutting down all conversation on the matter.
"It is not clear why the Conservative Party of Canada has decided to back foreign web giants and ignore the needs of the Canadian culture sector," Guilbeault continued in a social media statement. "but the Liberal Government remains steadfast in its support of Canadian artists and creators."
SNIP
The bill could also give the CRTC overwhelming new powers, something that former vice-chair of the CRTC Peter Menzies called a violation of the rights of ordinary citizens.
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Thanks, yesthatjallen.
*PING*, LittleLinda!
I don’t know what the bill does, but it is the nature of government to bend everything it can towards its will. So I doubt it does anything to protect free speech for example; rather I’d guess the opposite.
All speech is prohibited as “kooky conspiracy theory” that does not support the government narrative—even if that narrative reverses itself—you will be expected to reverse your opinions immediately!
For the official Party line go to Wikipedia.
To avoid error it is recommended to visit Wikipedia every five minutes.
Easy peasy.
Well yeah for us, continuing to lead the way in leftist crap. Thank you, Dominion Voting, for giving us this bunch of commies.
This is the real face of “Net Neutrality” that Trump killed.
It has been in the planning stages for at least 10 years managed from Silicon Valley using AI to monitor all internet postings.
The bill that I think needs to be watched even more is the ‘conversion therapy’ bill C-6 that is coming up for second reading this afternoon.... https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-6/second-reading
It’s a nasty piece of work that states that parents, professional or religious counsellors could end up facing five years jail time for trying to help a child.
My dearly departed...and incredibly wise...Mom used to say “nothing good happens at 1:30AM”.
Best go back to shortwave radio!
BREAKING: Bill C-10, Canada’s internet censorship bill, passes in House after 1:30 am vote
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Passing a bill in the middle of the night is always a sure-fire sign of something evil going down.
Canada has always been at war with Eurasia…
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