The At Issue panel is having buyers remorse. Arrogant Carney Liberals rammed through legislation and they agree Carney's authoritarian streak is real
Raj "What happened this week is that the Liberals decided to use their majority to shut down debate and pass legislation that is very controversial"
"(Steven MacKinnon) talked about tinfoil hat people. This is not a way to bring people along. f anything, it fuels conspiracies. So there was no reason to pass these bills."
Hebert "I agree that it's unprecedented to find a government using its newly found majority not obtained at the polls to speed up or force feed nine bills to the House of Commons."
Coyne "One is it's playing to a certain stereotype, if you will, of Liberals... the besetting sin of Liberals is arrogance." @RosieBarton@althiaraj@acoyne@ChantalHbert
The Justice Centre announces the launch of a national campaign urging Canadians to contact their Members of Parliament in opposition to Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act.
Bill C-34 goes far beyond protecting children from harmful online content and prohibiting AI companies from encouraging users to commit crimes. It implements a social media ban for minors, effectively regulates AI chatbot inputs and outputs, and grants the federal Cabinet broad powers to regulate the internet in the future.
The Justice Centre invites concerned Canadians to participate in this national campaign by using the Justice Centre’s online letter-writing software to send a pre-written letter to their Members of Parliament and to Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Read the full story and send a letter to your Member of Parliament opposing Bill C-34 today:
https://t.co/7cch2ki9wI
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller during a June 10 press conference on Bill C-34 (Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
NEW: U.K. advances proposal to force Apple, Google, Signal, & other platforms to scan private content on users’ devices — executives could face prison if they refuse.
This photo was just taken in downtown Vancouver on Davie Street. The BC NDP government and the Addiction Industry refer to this as “upholding personal dignity,” “harm reduction,” and “compassionate non-stigmatizing” - what absolute rubbish!
This has to stop! 🛑
This is someone’s dad, brother, or son. A OneBC government will get every single one of these people off the street and provide them with the help they need.
“Boston doesn’t deal with player agents. Boston does deals with teams. Boston keeps all of their business quiet… Boston’s business doesn’t get out there. Whatever Boston is doing, I promise you, we don’t know.”
- @WindhorstESPN
(h/t @ShotCoverage)
This pathetic attitude is among the worst things about our political culture in Canada and I cannot reject it enough.
It gets cloaked in the language of progressivism but it is deeply cynical, ugly, and regressive.
Story time!
Growing up, I was hugely inspired by RIM (BlackBerry). It was one of the reasons why I wanted to go to Waterloo.
I thought it was so cool one of the most innovative companies on earth was an hour away from home.
In fact, my program, Nanotechnology Engineering, was able to exist in part due to the philanthropy of Mike Lazaridis, who funded the Institute of Quantum Computing and Nanotechnology (along with the Perimeter Institute for theoretical physics, which is a brilliant asset for the province and country). Balsillie, for his part, has spent tens of not hundreds of millions of his personal wealth on advocacy and institutions to make Canada a better place. But he too was castigated in our media.
Through high school, I saw how Canadas media took an axe to RIM founders (Mike and Jim), and basically cheered on the decline of the business against competition from Apple and Google.
It was a complete disgrace.
Well, in 2013 I got my second co-op job there, just as they rolled out BB10 (the QNX operating system). 6 weeks into my co-op, my entire department was laid off (Modems/Semiconductors).
Nearly every one of my colleagues ended up moving to the US. Some of the most capable talent on earth, poached in weeks. It was loss that was absolutely devastating to witness.
I have no doubt people like Bruce cheered on the spectacle, just like he would cheer the downfall of Shopify if it were to ever happen; despite the champion it’s been for the country, the thousands of good jobs it’s created, and all the spin-off businesses that have created huge wealth for Ontario.
Well let me be clear that I will have none of this nonsense.