Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.” Currently, in Canada and elsewhere, this is not the case. For many reasons, cultural participation remains the
Social media users are claiming information about Canada's wildfires has been limited because posts were being blocked under the country's new Bill C-11, a digital platform regulation measure. This is false; the government and a public policy scholar said the law is not yet in effect and will not be applied to user-generated content on social media.
A hundred years ago, civic organizations of all stripes came together to demand a new Canadian approach to media policy. Canada has done it before it must do so again.