Today In Censorship News

Because thinking thoughts and uttering them is heathenish and un-Canadian:

A Liberal MP admitted on Twitter that while an initial legal assessment found that the controversial newspaper The Epoch Times broke no laws, the federal government continues to “look into” the publication. 

“Looked into it & learned that decisions made by CP about whether to deliver or refuse delivery of neighborhood mail are subject to the Charter of Right and Freedoms,” tweeted Liebral MP Darren Fisher.

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Commissioner of Elections Yves Côté has fined a publisher $3,000 for a book. Investigators claimed the publication was barred by the Elections Act as unregulated campaign activity: “I simply won’t pay. I just won’t.”

 

But Canada isn't the only one experiencing censorship woes:

Speaking on Friday after the National Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister said that Google wouldn’t blackmail the Australian government into adopting any specific policy:

Let me be clear. Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia. That’s done in our parliament. It’s done by our government, and that’s how things work here in Australia. And people who want to work with that, in Australia, you’re very welcome. But we don’t respond to threats.

The remarks follow Google threatening to remove its search engine in Australia if a recent law introduced in the Australian Parliament were to pass. The bill would “force Facebook and Google to negotiate fees with news companies whose stories appear on their platforms.”

 

Tie that kangaroo down, sport.