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This is a CBC article so keep in mind its bias in favour of the Liberals who pushed this bill through. For anyone interested in a more balanced view, Michael G
by tenpies 3y ago
This is a CBC article so keep in mind its bias in favour of the Liberals who pushed this bill through.
For anyone interested in a more balanced view, Michael Geist is law professor, research chair, and overall internet policy nerd. I highly recommend his review of the bill: https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/04/billc11end/ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/04/billc11end/
It's also interesting to put what the Trudeau Liberals are doing in perspective. This is just one of three internet censorship bills that they will pass before 2026.
C-11 (this bill), will allow the Liberals to dictate what platforms show. Simply put, the books aren't being censored, they're just telling the book stores what should be on the shelves. It also adds what is effectively a new tax for content creators which the Federal government will distribute for Canadian content. Keep an eye for scandals about how these funds were distributed in a couple of years.
C-18 is the next one. In short, the Trudeau Liberals will implement another a tax on links, so aggregators such as Google may be forced to pay when they link to say the CBC. Google has already said they may simply stop linking to news services in Canada if they pass this, giving the government funded Canadian news agencies even more power. Good write up: https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/02/billc18reality/ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/02/billc18reality/
The Online Safety Bill - not yet formally proposed - will likely be the coup de gras. Not much is known yet, but given how easily you can censor anything under the guise of "safety" and the Liberal's proclivity towards extra-judicial action, it probably won't be good.
Overall, Canada's internet will look very North Korean by the time the next elections roll about. If you're visiting, you should probably have a VPN ready to go before you cross the border.
- diego_moita 3y ago> Overall, Canada's internet will look very Chinese or possibly even North Korean by the time the next elections roll about. Oh, I see. And you're accusing the CBC of "bias"?
- biggoodwolf 3y agoYou did not dispel his argument, even if biased; how different would it be from North Korea? (That's hyperbole but this person has a good point)
- Laaas 3y ago> Overall, Canada's internet will look very Chinese or possibly even North Korean by the time the next elections roll about. Aren't most Anglophone countries besides the US like this?
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThe CBC is biased because they'll be a significant beneficiary of the bill -- they're a big source of Canadian content that others can license, so this will help them get paid. No need to go deep into conspiracy land for the bias.
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- mardifoufs 3y agoIs it a conspiracy theory to assume that an organization is biased towards the source of its funding? Especially when the opposition has openly stated that they would cut it by a lot? It's completely fine to say that the CBC isn't biased, but it's not necessarily a conspiracy theory to say that it is.
- lukedegruchy 3y agoIt's not the source of the funding that makes the CBC biased. It's all the exemptions and correspondence between the CBC and cabinet, the treasury board, and other arms of the government that is absolutely not made public in any way whatsoever: https://frpc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-26-Hidden-levers.pdf https://frpc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-26-Hidde...
- version_five 3y agoAbsolutely correct. People love to pick on authoritarian governments in China or wherever but just look the other way and pretend it isn't true when it happens in Canada or Australia. The US will be in the same place in 10 years.
- efishnc 3y ago*coup de grâce ;)
- ulrashida 3y agoGeist's take is much less extreme than the one you are presenting. He suggests that the bill will be further watered down through policy consultation around 2025-26. You may want to: 1) Read your sources 2) Avoid opening arguments with phrases like "the Trudeau Liberals" as the Liberal party currently holds a minority in parliament [suggestion: "the government"] Otherwise you come off as someone with your own axe to grind.