Constituents to remain fair game for abuse from party apparatchiks. A colleague forwarded me the text of an article from Blackrocks Reporter, which covers Canadian politics from Ottawa, our capitol. It's a report on Federal Heritage Minister.
.but, constituents to remain fair game for abuse from party apparatchiks.
It’s a report on Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guibeault’s ongoing vendetta against non-conforming political speech on the internet, in which he’s calling for censorship of “hurtful” comments against politicians and implementation of an
internet killswitch to facilitate it.
Blackrocks is behind a paywall, permit me to quote it here:
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Federal internet censors should target hurtful words against politicians, says Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. The Minister added
pending regulations may include an internet kill switch to block websites deemed hurtful, but called it a “nuclear” option.
“We have seen too many examples of public officials retreating from public service due to the hateful online content targeted towards themselves or even their families,” said Guilbeault. “I have seen firsthand alongside other Canadians the damaging effects harmful content has on our