Trudeau has spent the last few years cultivating support from a subset of Canadians who do not place as much value in free expression as liberals have in the…
from the University of Saskatchewan’s Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research shows that Canadians on the left of the political spectrum do not see free speech as a top priority in our country.nly three per cent of left-leaning respondents feel they have very little or no freedom of speech; aeft-leaning respondents were more likely than right-leaning respondents to say that governments and corporations should have the power to curtail misinformation and hate speech.
It’s hard to believe that so many left-leaning Canadians would be comfortable with the direction of free speech in this country. Even Canada’s Liberal government is struggling with the concept right now. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is over the government’s controversial “online harms” bill, after government-appointed experts couldn’t agree on a definition of “harm.”Article content
Trudeau has spent the last few years cultivating support from a subset of Canadians who are increasingly comfortable with expanding executive power, and do not place as much value in free expression as liberals have in the past.As his popularity has waned, he has treated people who disagree with him as threats to democracy , imported American culture wars and pushed an internet censorship agenda masquerading as “digital safety” .
Historically, this is not the norm for Canadian Liberals, who used to seek the support of voters at the centre.Back in 2003, Liberal Prime Minister
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