Experts Call Out Canada for Red Flags on ‘Maoist’, ‘Orwellian Thoughtcrime’ Law: ‘Sounds Insane’

Experts have labeled a new law in Canada that aims to protect citizens from “hate speech” as the “most Orwellian piece of legislation ever promoted in the West” because it signals harmful restrictions on free speech rights. 

The Canadian government proposed its new Online Harms Act C-63 in February to create a baseline to force online platforms to police the content on their platforms.

The government website lists content such as hate speech, child exploitation, the sharing of non-consensual images, incitements to violence, and terrorism – all of which are already illegal in Canada – as content they are cracking down on. 

That might seem like a worthy effort to supporters, but experts are warning that the bill also includes “tucked in” provisions that give the police the power to retroactively search the Internet for “hate speech” violations and arrest offenders, even if the offense occurred before the law existed.

Conservative MP Rachael Thomas of Lethbridge explained punishment for offenses includes potential life imprisonment. 

My wife wrote to all Canadian MP’s about our opposition to the Online Harms Bill C-63. MP Rachael Thomas of Lethbridge is the only one who wrote back … It is the best written summary of

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