The government acting like our parents is completely at odds with how a ‘free’ society is supposed to function.
Canada
Analysis: The path to a Trudeau majority this spring is in the West
After years slamming the Liberal carbon tax, the Conservatives are now promising to put their own price on carbon. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole insists his party’s plan isn’t a tax, but Canadians might feel differently at the gas pump.
Not Just Big Tech: Government Memo Shows Bill C-10 Targets News Sites, Podcast and Workout Apps, Adult Websites, Audiobooks, and Sports Streamers for CRTC Regulation
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has tried to deflect public concern with the regulation of user generated content under Bill C-10 by claiming the intent is to make the “web giants” pay their fair share. Yet according to an internal government memo to Guilbeault signed by former Heritage Deputy Minister Hélène Laurendeau released under the Access to Information Act, the department has for months envisioned a far broader regulatory reach. The memo identifies a wide range of targets, including podcast apps such as Stitcher and Pocket Casts, audiobook services such as Audible, home workout apps, adult websites, sports streaming services such as MLB.TV and DAZN, niche video services such as Britbox, and even news sites such as the BBC and CPAC.
Canadian soldier charged with feeding cannabis cupcakes to artillery unit during live-fire exercise
VICTORIA — A Canadian army gunner is facing more than a dozen charges after she allegedly served cannabis-laced cupcakes to her unsuspecting artillery unit during a live-fire exercise.
Bombardier Chelsea Cogswell is facing 18 charges in all, including eight counts of administering a noxious substance, nine counts of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline, and one count of behaving in a disgraceful manner.
Will Canadians Ever Have Enough Of Our Country Being Weak & Getting Walked All Over?
Canada’s collaboration with China’s military researchers on deadly diseases is only the latest example of our nation being pathetically weak.
Toronto content-sharing site favoured by U.S. right-wingers draws investment from leading American conservative investors
Rumble Inc., a Toronto-based YouTube challenger that has recently become a destination for right-wing content creators, has raised an undisclosed sum from prominent American conservative investors.
Calls grow for Canada, U.S. to provide ‘vision’ on how border could reopen
Calls are growing to reopen the Canada-U.S. border as COVID-19 vaccination rates rise in both countries.
One of the loudest is coming from a U.S. lawmaker — New York Rep. Brian Higgins — who says it’s time that both governments provide a “vision” for how it could be reopened.
Psaki Cornered on Biden Killing Keystone XL But Approving Russia’s Pipeline
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was cornered by Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy Thursday afternoon when he asked about why President Joe Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States but just green lit the completion of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline through Europe.
Think Regulating User Generated Content in Bill C-10 Is Just an Inadvertent Mistake? Think Again
Over the past week, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has repeatedly been told that Canadian cultural groups are among the strongest supporters of freedom of expression and would never think of supporting legislation that undermines that foundational democratic principle. Yet the reality is that some of the same cultural groups that now downplay the impact of Bill C-10 on expression, lobbied the government to remove all user generated content safeguards. In other words, rather than support freedom of expression for all Canadians, some envisioned using the Broadcast Act to regulate both users and user generated content.
Infectious-disease scientists at Canada’s high-security lab collaborated with Communist China’s Military
Infectious-disease scientists at Canada’s high-security lab collaborated with China
Scientists working at Canada’s highest-security infectious-disease laboratory have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers to study and conduct experiments on deadly pathogens.
Seven scientists in the special pathogens unit at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg and Chinese military researchers have conducted experiments and co-authored six studies on infectious diseases such as Ebola, Lassa fever and Rift Valley fever. The publication dates of the studies range from early 2016 to early 2020.
The Globe and Mail has also learned that one of the Chinese researchers, Feihu Yan, from the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Academy of Military Medical Sciences, worked for a period of time at the Winnipeg lab, a Level 4 facility equipped to handle some of the world’s deadliest diseases. This researcher is credited as a co-author on all six of the papers. However, on two of them, he is listed as being affiliated with both the Winnipeg lab and the military medical academy.
Has anyone been shot yet?
John Ivison: Even on constitutional matters, Trudeau’s focus remains on Project Majority
Westerners are frustrated that Quebec is declaring itself an entity within Canada, with the PM’s blessing. But Trudeau needs Quebec votes more than he needs the West’s.
Canada’s “private” COVID Alert app wasn’t so private after all
After by and large failing in its primary (and it was thought, the only) purpose, Canadian authorities are considering ways of repurposing their COVID Alert app to continue to collect a wider array of personal data.
COVID-19 travel: Canada ‘late in making plans’ and ‘lagging behind’ other countries to change travel, tourism restrictions
As plans for safe travel are announced internationally, particularly in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S., some travel and tourism experts have identified that Canada is “lagging behind” other international markets, while we try to administer COVID-19 vaccines to as many people as possible.
David Lametti stresses Charter rights can be limited in “public interest” at C-10 hearing
Justice Minister David Lametti is reminding members of parliament that constitutional rights and freedoms can be limited.
During an appearance before the House of Commons heritage committee during its hearings on internet regulation bill C-10, Lametti emphasized there are “legitimate” ways in which legislation can infringe the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including freedom of expression.
h/t Marvin
Poem recited at Mississauga rally “I’ll carry out [armed] operations against Zionists”
I swear by Allah that I’ll carry out [armed] operations
[Crowd:] Oh Oh Palestine
Against the Zionists
That doesn’t even rhyme. Who thought it was a good idea to import these crappy poets?
h/t Marvin