CdnFox Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-425828-4-.htm#425828 The Liberals faced a backlash Monday over a policy the party approved at its national convention that critics said could force journalists to reveal confidential sources. The policy calls on the government to “explore options” for forcing online information services to publish material based only on named sources. Conservative MPs said this would amount to a form of censorship, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warned it would chill the freedom of the press. The policy was contained in a resolution drawn up by British Columbia Liberals and put on the convention’s agenda. It was voted on by party members on Saturday, and its approval makes it Liberal Party policy. I mean - what could go wrong giving the liberals more power to censor. And we all know what this is about - they're mad about the chinese leaks Stories that contain no specifics that could be verified are one thing and should have all kinds of disclaimers but forcing journalists to disclose sources basically muzzles the press from any story that damages the gov't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Of course. The Liberals are wannabe totalitarians. They’ll take and exercise as much power and control as they can get away with. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Yep. And they'll claim they're doing it to stop 'misinformation' and their left wing supporters will eat it up. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Wow....just wow. Even Trudeau isn't stupid enough to support such measures: Quote Liberal Party members passed the "combating disinformation in Canada" policy resolution on Saturday. The proposal asks the to government "explore options to hold online information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms, and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced." Trudeau committed on Tuesday to never implementing the policy. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prime-minister-says-government-won-t-adopt-controversial-policy-combatting-disinformation-1.6837036 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Wow....just wow. Even Trudeau isn't stupid enough to support such measures: Of course he is. He will simply tell people he wouldn't and then after he wins he'll say 'well it was right in the poilcy documents, we HAVE to do it now...." You know i'm right It would be classic trudeau 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, CdnFox said: You know i'm right It would be classic trudeau Maybe, but Trudeau has himself been the source of disinformation and "fake news", so he would hardly welcome a change in the status quo. Quote Canada’s Trudeau deletes tweet falsely claiming Iran has sentenced 15,000 protesters to death https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/trudeau-deletes-false-tweet-iran-mass-executions-intl/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Maybe, but Trudeau has himself been the source of disinformation and "fake news", so he would hardly welcome a change in the status quo. Ahh but it's not "misinformation' when liberals do it of course 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 6 hours ago, CdnFox said: Stories that contain no specifics that could be verified are one thing and should have all kinds of disclaimers... Your posts would clearly fall under this category. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Contrarian said: is a direct attack on the freedom of the press Once you cross that line, you start blurring what separates you from a developing country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Contrarian said: ... would give Uncle Sam, Uncle Sugar far too much power to censor and control the narrative. Well I agree with you, internet regulation is coming.. no doubt about that. We at least should try to imagine what it could, should, might look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: Well I agree with you, internet regulation is coming.. no doubt about that. We at least should try to imagine what it could, should, might look like. Could we imagine it might look like Orwell's 1984 book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 6 hours ago, eyeball said: Your posts would clearly fall under this category. Awww little guy - still bitter about the fact you look like an !diot every time we square off? LOLOL well i suppose i could always go back and change my posts to something different if i find them embarrassing, like you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Michael Hardner said: Well I agree with you, internet regulation is coming.. no doubt about that. We at least should try to imagine what it could, should, might look like. Or elect people who DON"T feel the need to repress their population. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, blackbird said: Could we imagine it might look like Orwell's 1984 book? It could. It could also look like media regulation as we've had since the first Royal Commission chaired by Vincent Massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 12 hours ago, Zeitgeist said: Of course. The Liberals are wannabe totalitarians. They’ll take and exercise as much power and control as they can get away with. over one hundred thousand Canadians killed in two World Wars to defend against this very sort of tyranny that legacy thrown on the pyre without a second thought 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: to defend against this very sort of tyranny You mean .... like playing Gordon Lightfoot on the radio ? Demanding French on all packaging ? That sort of thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: You mean .... like playing Gordon Lightfoot on the radio ? Demanding French on all packaging ? That sort of thing... Yeah thats pretty much the same as selling the country's democracy to the chinese and passing totalitarian censorship laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: You mean .... like playing Gordon Lightfoot on the radio ? Demanding French on all packaging ? That sort of thing... an iron curtain against freedom for Gordon Lightfoot welcome to Soviet Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, CdnFox said: Yeah thats pretty much the same as selling the country's democracy to the chinese and passing totalitarian censorship laws. We'll be sure to report all of your hysterical posts to the Truth Commission so that you can be helped via reprogramming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: an iron curtain against freedom for Gordon Lightfoot welcome to Soviet Canada I think that disbanding the CBC is a far bigger threat to our democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Michael Hardner said: I think that disbanding the CBC is a far bigger threat to our democracy. I don't see how Parliamentary Supremacy depends upon the CBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, CdnFox said: Yeah thats pretty much the same as selling the country's democracy to the chinese and passing totalitarian censorship laws. indeed it's the same rubric invoked by the Soviets at the Berlin Wall we cannot allow our people to choose American freedom thus we have to keep them behind an Iron Curtain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: I think that disbanding the CBC is a far bigger threat to our democracy. Well then you haven't had much luck with this whole 'thinking' thing have you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 28 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: We'll be sure to report all of your hysterical posts to the Truth Commission so that you can be helped via reprogramming. I wish you were joking. I'm pretty sure you actually think it'll work this way and you're glad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFever Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Wait wait isn’t it conservatives who have been ranting about “anonymous sources” reported in the MSM ? All those confidential leaks from the Trump administration leading republicans to whine that it ought to be illegal to cite unnamed sources? Florida Republicans have a draft bill rigorously now requiring anyone who blogs pr writes abut the governor must register with the governors office and provide sources on demand under penalty of jail? There are better ways to fight the right wing fake news outlets, Russian troll farms etc but making the press an enemy of the state the way conservatives have is not the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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