Happy Press Freedom Week from the Liberal Party of Canada

When someone tells you what they want to do with the internet, believe them.

Liberal Party Policy Proposal Would Limit Online Publication to Material “Whose Sources Can Be Traced”

Even for the Natural Governing Partyᵀᴹ this is so brazen, I feel a bit like Ron Burgundy when he found out what his dog did in the refrigerator.

The Liberal Party policy convention is underway in Ottawa with delegates preparing to debate a series of policy proposals that could ultimately make their way into their national election platforms. Party members voted on the top 20 proposals for discussion and included one involving the media and online information that seems obviously unconstitutional and a direct threat to a freedom of the press. The proposal, purportedly aimed at addressing misinformation, calls for more government funding for the media and that the government explore options to “hold on-line information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced.”

The notion that the problem with the media is the lack of government funding to enable a shift to ad-free news misdiagnosis…