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The federal government’s latest attack on free expression is straight out of 1984, the U.S. prepared to buy oil elsewhere if Canada won’t supply, and more.
Carney is considering lawsuits over “misinformation” posts
The federal government’s latest attack on free expression is straight out of 1984.
An Access to Information memo obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter shows the Industry Department is weighing legal action against social media users accused of spreading “false and misleading information.” The heavily redacted 35-page memo offers no details on the proposed legal action.
This contrasts with the Liberal government’s past stance against internet control as a human rights threat.
Four years ago, they said, “the rights and freedoms that individuals have offline must also be protected online.” Keep Reading
America is ready to source its oil elsewhere
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says trade relations between the two countries “have a ways to go yet” just days after the U.S. opted out of extending CUSMA, sending the North American trade pact into an annual review process.
Hoekstra also said that the U.S. is prepared to source its oil elsewhere if Ottawa wasn’t ready to make the necessary arrangements to supply the demand south of the border. Keep Reading
Liberal minister defends appointing more party donors to judiciary
Liberal donor appointments to the judiciary continue under a decade of Liberal rule—a pattern Attorney General Sean Fraser is unsurprisingly nonchalant about.
“I will on occasion have a candidate’s political activities flagged before a final appointment is made,” Fraser testified at the Commons justice committee Monday, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
In 2023, the Department of Justice said ministers do not receive information on political donations or affiliation when assessing judicial candidates.
“That is not something I seek information about before making appointments,” Fraser clarified, adding that aides tell him in due course. Keep Reading
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Who gets to decide wether the info is erroneous or not? The LIEBERALS?????
So this ahole along with his "greater than thou" Jolie, want to use taxpayers money to sue taxpayers?!!! What a bunch of pompous aholes!! Someone needs to research their texts, emails, to see what they have ben putting out n social media! Also, how much taxpayers dollars are spent in court rooms prosecuting our homegrown Canadians? There is the ongoing trucker convoy that govt can't seem to let go of, the ongoing ostrich farm fiasco, now the property rights in BC,,, these are not inexpensive cases, and govt dragging them out for years. We need an election!