iPolitics By Rachel Emmanuel. Published on Apr 29, 2021 4:55pm Conservative Leader Erin O Toole in Ottawa in February 2018 (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
The Liberal government’s effort to regulate social-media content amounts to censorship of political speech it doesn’t like, charged Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole on Thursday.
O’Toole made the comment during question period, after the government amended C-10 in its final stages of committee review to include social media and user-generated content, which the bill has long excluded.
“Why is (Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault) and the Liberal government the most anti-internet government in Canadian history?” O’Toole asked in the House.
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