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Canada’s Heritage Minister fumbles in response to question about government regulation of social media posts

Updated: May 5, 2021 at 1:57 pm EST  See Comments

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OTTAWA, Ontario, May 5, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault struggled to give a clear answer to justify why a committee chaired by him moved to have personal social media posts placed under government oversight. 

In an interview on the CBC show Power & Politics last Friday, Guilbeault claimed that his internet regulation Bill C-10, is about “ensuring that these platforms that act like broadcasters pay their fair share when it comes to Canadian culture….It’s not about content moderation.” 

When the CBC interviewer asked Guilbeault why an original exemption in the bill for user-generated content on social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook were removed, he bumbled and fumbled his answer. 

“We’re, we’re, not interested. I mean, it’s not, it’s not what I mean, I….,” said Guilbeault.

Steven Guilbeault struggles to justify #BillC10 in disaster interview @davidcommon #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/e7j9cw6RES

— Pundit Class (@punditclass) April 30, 2021

The interviewer, not satisfied with his answer, interjected to challenge Guilbeault, “but there literally was an exclusion that was put in the original iteration of that bill, the

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