Fri Sep 16, 2022 – 4:31 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The former head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much-maligned internet censorship Bill C-11 should be shunned, calling it a “power grab over human communications.”
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the comments were made by former CRTC commissioner Timothy Denton before a Senate committee hearing on Bill C-11 that took place Wednesday.
Critics have warned that Bill C-11 will stifle free speech online because it would classify YouTube videos, most of which are content-creator made, subject to regulation under the CRTC.
Both Bill C-11 and Bill C-18 seek to regulate the internet and force Big Tech companies to champion selected media outlets based on a special designation given by the federal government.
It is feared that Bill C-11 might force websites under the CRTC – including YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook – to remove content deemed “harmful” within 24 hours and compel services like Netflix to have more Canadian content.
Denton said that Trudeau’s C-11 “captures virtually all online audio and video.”
“(It’s) a power grab over human communications across the internet and therefore deserves our distinct disdain,” he noted.
Denton continued, saying that C-11
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