Thu Feb 2, 2023 – 8:38 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A Liberal-appointed Canadian senator compared an internet censorship law introduced by the Liberal federal government to something out of Nazi Germany, warning that such a bill is an Orwellian attempt to force individuals to comply with government messaging.
On Tuesday, Senator David Richards, also an acclaimed author, said as per Blacklock’s Reporter that Bill C-11 is the type of law that will “be one of scapegoating all those who do not fit into what our bureaucrats think Canada should be.”
“Stalin again will be looking over our shoulder when we write,” he added in reference to former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin.
Richards made the comments during the third reading debate of Bill C-11 in the Senate.
He was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2017.
Bill C-11, titled An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act and to Make Related and Consequential Amendments to other Acts, was introduced to the House of Commons by Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez in February 2022.
Bill C-11 has faced immense criticism for its implications on freedom of speech and passed its second reading in the Senate late
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