Fri May 5, 2023 – 6:55 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A top Canadian internet analyst has sounded the alarm over a Liberal Party proposal being discussed this week that calls for online news “publications” whose sources can’t be “verified” to in effect be censored.
The Liberal proposal to curb online news sites will be discussed at its Party National Convention, which began Thursday and will conclude Saturday in Ottawa. It was one of 20 proposals brought forth by various provincial arms of the party, which made it on the list to be discussed.
The online news proposal is listed in the proposed 2023 Policy Resolutions titled “Combatting Disinformation in Canada” and was sponsored by the Liberal Party of Canada (British Columbia).
A section reads, “BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Liberal Party of Canada: Request 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.”
Another resolution reads that the government “provide additional public funds to support advertisement-free news and information reporting by Canadian media through an arm’s-length non-partisan mechanism.”
Michael Geist, who serves as
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