By Virginia Kruta
The New York Post Editorial Board published a piece Thursday laying into a recently-introduced bill that they argued would turn Canada into an Orwellian nightmare.
The bill in question (Bill C-63), referred to as the Online Harms Act, was first introduced by Justice Minister Arif Virani in February — and would empower the government to place citizens on house arrest if social media posts provide “reasonable grounds” for officials to believe that someone “will commit” a crime.
“No, Canada!” the Post’s Editorial Board wrote in response. “The country that brought you debanking protesters and government-assisted suicide for the poor now wants to criminalize speech to lock up people for life and to put wrongthinkers under house arrest if the state sees a chance they will commit a crime. Doesn’t get more Orwellian than that.”
Minister Virani claimed that the bill was all about safety on the internet, something that he said hit close to home because he had children himself — and suggested that it would be no different than forcing toy manufacturers to abide by certain product safety regulations.
Another provision in the bill addresses “advocating for genocide” and increases the penalty for that particular infraction from five years to life in prison — and the Post noted an inherent risk in that provision as well.
full story at https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypost-slams-canadian-thought-crime-bill-that-goes-full-minority-report
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