Wed Dec 21, 2022 – 5:38 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Alberta premier Danielle Smith has said she is very “concerned” about new federal legislation that, if passed, would regulate how online news media is shared on social media.
While speaking during a recent radio interview, Smith said that she had been talking with “members of the media,” in particular “the alternative media, who are very concerned about some of the laws that are coming down at the federal level.”
Smith noted that the independent media “think” and fear the looming internet legislation from the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “might run them out of business.”
“Because they’re interfering with their ability to freely put messages out there,” explained Smith.
While not mentioning which bills in particular to which she was referring, the Trudeau government last Wednesday decided to fast-track Bill C-18, titled the “Online News Act,” rushing it through the House of Commons and its first of three reading in the Senate.
The bill had the full support of all parties except the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), whose MPs blasted the fast passage of the bill and voiced their concerns that the
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