thePodcast: Trudeau Liberal Online Harms bill fraught with problems, says ex-publisher, broadcast regulator

March 31, 2024 00:27:42
thePodcast: Trudeau Liberal Online Harms bill fraught with problems, says ex-publisher, broadcast regulator
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thePodcast: Trudeau Liberal Online Harms bill fraught with problems, says ex-publisher, broadcast regulator

Mar 31 2024 | 00:27:42

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Show Notes

For the week of March 31, 2024: Peter Menzies, senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says protecting children is a legitimate goal of the Trudeau Liberal government’s Online Harms Bill. But Bill C-63 is otherwise flawed. The former publisher and editor of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission is Bob Mackin’s guest on this edition of thePodcast.  Menzies said Canada’s existing hate speech laws are sufficient, but Bill C-63 could harm free speech. Criminal Code amendments to clamp down on perceived hate speech are “over the top” and the proposed Digital Safety Commission would […]

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