Wed Aug 31, 2022 – 5:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Monday that he wants to rush through a bill this fall that would target free speech by banning certain legal internet content.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Mendicino said that he would push to pass the new internet censorship bill as soon as “possible” once MPs return to Canada’s parliament this fall.
“I assure you that Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and others within our government are leaning in on this and will bring forward the legislation as quickly as possible,” Mendicino told reporters.
However, Mendicino offered no timeline as to when te yet-to-be-seen bill would be introduced.
“I know that Minister Rodriguez is very eager to bring forward this legislation,” Mendicino said.
“And others (Rodriguez and Attorney General David Lametti) within our government are very eager to take the feedback they have received,” he said.
Mendicino claimed that the new bill would “ensure that people can have robust free speech.”
However, he then noted that the bill would “also delineate some clear boundaries on what is not acceptable.”
The fact is, Canada has had fairly robust laws against hate
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