@LindaDressler8@kimkaren662010@OneBCPenticton His answers and demeanor in this forum really boosted my confidence in him to represent my riding. As hard as I look, I can't find any faults.
@WarrenHamm@TheRemanded Thank you @TheRemanded. Warren, I've been watching and listening to you very closely. I am looking for any reason to not support you, as I am very jaded. You have given me no reason. Keep it up. Thank you. You were the clear winner of this well run forum.
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Last week, the Carney government launched its latest attack on free speech online. They call it stopping “harmful” content. I call it censorship.
Bill C-34 creates a new bureaucracy: the Digital Safety Commission of Canada. Its job will be to police what you say and read online.
Under the guise of “protecting children,” this bill forces social media platforms and AI companies to mitigate exposure to "hate speech.”
A “hate speech ” is a “content that expresses detestation or vilification” of an individual or group of individuals based on prohibited grounds of discrimination.
But, courts have always required that "hatred" be extreme to be a crime. This new definition does not include the term "extreme," contrary to case law.
The government therefore broadens the definition of "hatred.”
Furthermore, the concept of "hate" will no longer be decided by judges. This decision will be made by unelected bureaucrats and scared tech employees facing $10 million fines.
Social media companies and AI companies concerned about facing fines will likely err on the side of censoring more expression by blocking it or filtering it out.
Most shockingly, the bill would censor the output of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to ensure they don’t give “harmful” answers on sensitive topics.
This will result in AI that refuse to give honest answers on unpopular viewpoints. And a sanitized internet where people cannot have difficult conversations and debates on subjects not politically correct, like it happened during the COVID hysteria.
To keep kids under 16 off social media, the bill would force platforms to verify your age. This could involve requiring all adults to present a driver's license to create an account.
Let me be clear: the People’s Party of Canada will always support protecting children from real harm.
But “safety” does not mean censorship. This is not a child safety bill. It is a bill of control and censorship.
A free and democratic society protects speech that is distasteful, unpopular, or contrary to the mainstream. Without that, democracy dies.
We will not trade liberty for the illusion of safety. We will not let Ottawa become the online speech police.
@SammieT26@MbarkCherguia I like how the employee shut and leaned on the door behind the guy who was standing in the doorway of the ladies' room with no daughters to supervise and no excuse to be there.
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Canada has roughly 80,000 Somalis.
At the same time, there are several hundred thousand Labrador Retrievers.
Black, yellow, and chocolate Labs outnumber Somalis, never scam the system, rarely attack people, they contribute to society, serve as guide dogs, search and rescue dogs, and make the most loyal companions.
Their biggest crime might be stealing the odd snack.
Maybe we should give Labs a month instead.