Freedom of Speech
On Episode 69, we tell you about the Liberals’ desire to make it even easier to use the Emergencies Act and freeze bank accounts; we discuss whether Justin Trudeau’s prorogation is constitutional; and we tell you about some of the bad bills that are now likely to die.
Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.
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Read MoreThe Man, The Myth, The Legend
Dr. Pierre Kory. What a physician and warrior. Most shirk, and a few rise to the challenge. I consider him a fellow truthteller, friend, mentor, and colleague. I have been in foxholes with him and know that he will neither weenie out nor will he stab me in the back. A key groundbreaking medical leader throughout the COVIDcrisis. I first came to know him when, as editor, I asked him to submit his review regarding early treatment for COVID using Ivermectin to an edition of “Frontiers in Pharmacology” focused on repurposed drugs. The subsequent events starkly revealed the corruption of medical journals. Since then, he seems to have finally found a modicum of peace, after all the outrageous slings and arrows. I agree with author Lilly Defina. The man, the physician, and the legend. – Robert W Malone MD, MS
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Read MoreThe Counter Signal has learned that the domain name Liar.com now redirects to the Wikipedia page of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and it just may be Elon Musk’s doing.
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Read MoreA bill to censor legal internet content yesterday lapsed with prorogation of Parliament. It marked the second time in four years that cabinet tried and failed to regulate blogs, Facebook posts and other social media deemed hurtful.
“The fact is, despite best efforts to work through it, Parliament has been paralyzed for months,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters. He prorogued Parliament until March 24, killing all private bills and requiring that any lapsed cabinet bills may only be revived by majority vote. “There will be confidence votes in March,” said Trudeau.
Bill C-63 An Act To Enact The Online Harm
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Read MoreThe Golden Globes reportedly prevented Hollywood star Gal Gadot from wearing a yellow ribbon pin to show solidarity with the Israeli hostages in Gaza — but allowed others to wear a pro-Palestinian “red hand” pin.
The red hand, which also appeared at awards ceremonies in 2024, is considered highly offensive by Israelis and Jews — not because it calls for a ceasefire, but because its symbolism dates to the lynching of two Israeli reservists in 2000.
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Read MoreThe society has been accused of failing to defend writers including Salman Rushdie and Kate Clanchy
The joint-chiefs of the Royal Society of Literature have resigned after being accused of “dumbing down” the group.
Chairman Daljit Nagra and director Molly Rosenberg stepped down from their positions its annual general meeting, at which fellows had intended call for their departure.
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Read MoreI thought of Narcissus’s fruitless and unhappy end when I saw the news that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation today. Since becoming prime minister in 2015, Trudeau has embraced trendy globalist policies such as a carbon tax, mass immigration to Canada, and a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. When Canadian truckers protested the mandate in Ottawa in 2022, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act and froze their bank accounts.
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Read MoreMark Zuckerberg just released a video in which he announced that Meta (Facebook & Instagram) will restore free expression and “get rid of fact checkers.” Many commentators have expressed skepticism that Meta will actually go through with this promise, but I believe that by simply declaring his allegiance to “free expression,” Mr. Zuckerberg will limit his company’s ability to censor.
With Zuckerberg’s announcement, the Censorship-Industrial Complex must now come to terms with the fact that it’s perverse fetish for controlling speech and thought is no longer officially endorsed by Meta. Like porn addicts, censors must now at least try to conceal their activities.
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Read Moredopts community notes model for content moderation
Zuckerberg says company made ‘too many mistakes’
Meta moving safety teams to Texas from California
Jan 7 (Reuters) – Social media company Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab on Tuesday scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity, bowing to criticism from conservatives as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time.
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Read MoreThe Canadian government’s research funding agencies and programs are overlooking the most significant equity problem in universities today: the almost complete absence of viewpoint diversity in our institutions of higher education.
The Canada Research Chairs program now mandates identity-based quotas for all Chairs across the country and the Tri-Agency research funding programs require a variety of diversity mandates– from assessment criteria to diversity statements. Yet none of these programs deals with viewpoint diversity, despite the fact that vast over- a
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