Western Mark

If I didn't have a sense of humour, I'd have no sense at all.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@TrueEager 3. Like continents, apparently.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@ottbrocj @MickeyDjuric We stand to loose VPNs in Canada so circumvention becomes more difficult. Add it all up and we'll be lucky to get a private digital signal out of the Country.
Think China or more recently, Iran. We're being siloed and the Feds control the peephole.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@dkreative1 @MickeyDjuric @mgeist Like every Liberal Bill it will have a title and a number assigned to it and..... did I mention it will have a title?

[Blacklock's Reporter @mindingottawa]

Fed censors would gain powers to block social media deemed a threat to "social stability" under @MarcMillerVM Bill #C34, the 3rd bid in 5 yrs to regulate legal internet content: "There are reasonable restrictions on rights." 
https://t.co/pWNGUbqlK9 #cdnpoli

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@mrsabrabbit @AndrewLawton @NicD903 We're being digitally siloed, that's protected in Libspeak, from the free World.
Our "sovereign data centers", wholly funded by Canadian taxpayers, will keep us safe from unacceptable free thought.

[Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper]

The fact that they hate being criticized so much is probably a good sign that they should be criticized more. They're far more dangerous when they think they're getting away with it.

[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

Free societies do not write governments blank cheques of power. Elected representatives should vote on specific powers. They should not delegate major legislative and policy decisions to future regulators. Yet, as privacy expert and law professor @mgeist states, "Bill C-34 punts 50 key decisions to cabinet and a Digital Safety Commission that does not yet exist."

Which chatbot services and social media platforms will be affected? What counts as "significant psychological or physical harm"? What are adequate age verification and estimation requirements? Canadians do not have answers. Parliament does not know. And yet Ottawa is asking your Members of Parliament to support the legislation.

If Parliament cannot know the scope of the powers it is creating, they cannot assess the impact that Bill C-34 will have on Canadians’ civil liberties. That is reason enough to defeat the Bill.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@Reil76 @drjp81 ICYMI C-34 was announced.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@sarkonakj @ESDC_GC Nice.
Here's a $150,000/year job plus guaranteed bonuses.
We'll outsource someone to train you on how to do it later.

[Andrew Lawton @AndrewLawton]

The list of Liberal boondoggles keeps getting longer:

-$90 billion for Alto
- $756 million for Liberal gun grab
- $250 million on a "launch pad" gravel pit
- $20 billion on government consultants

And they say they don't have enough money to cut taxes for middle class Canadians!

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@DougEyolfson @PierrePoilievre How would you know he doesn't?

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

My post on how the government framed online safety as urgent, yet Bill C-34 defers 50 key decisions. That includes which social media services are covered and what counts as age verification. All overseen by a Digital Safety Commission that does not exist.
https://t.co/MCZNPsyJ9M

[HoCStaffer @HoCStaffer]

What's worse than a Liberal Bill targeting online content?

One that doesn't set out the rules in the Bill so Parliament can debate their merits.

Instead it gives Cabinet the power over 19 decisions & a Liberal-appointed "Digital Safety Commission" 31 more.

Bill C-34 is worse than we thought. 🧵

[Jasmin Laine @JasminLaine_]

Bill C-11
Bill C-18
Bill C-22
Bill C-34
Bill C-9

See the pattern yet? Note how it’s always for “safety” and “protecting children”.

There’s more I could list if this isn’t enough to at least make you stop and think “what is the end goal here?”

[Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant]

Great point.

In Canada, a teenager can "consent" to having their genitals cut off, but won't be allowed to use social media.

[Michelle Rempel Garner @MichelleRempel]

Here is a list of powers Liberal Bill C34 proposes to give to cabinet and a new regulator over what content Canadians can see and interact with online.

Cabinet will be able to designate new categories of regulated online services without Parliamentary debate.

(Source @mgeist)

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

The government’s digital safety bill regulates social media services, AI chatbots, and potentially any other online service or application. Who is targeted? What criteria for regulation? Bill C-34 doesn't say. It leaves all of those decisions to cabinet.
https://t.co/xU3BaMVCg2

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@ryangerritsen From -1.0% to -0.1%. WooHoo!

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@cbcwatcher If it isn't political it must be racism.

[Western Mark @Western_Mark]

@MyLatinLife @RebelNewsOnline Deporting half a million consumers won't fit the Liberal GDP narrative.