There Is Only "Transparency"

Oh, Goebbels, you're such a squeamish, little man:

Lawful but offensive Twitter posts are undermining Canada’s democracy, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s department says in a briefing note. Regulation of hurtful comments is needed for “a truly democratic debate,” it said.

Let's point out what you really mean:

 

Pray, how will this "truly democratic debate" occur beyond a firewall and in the middle of a kangaroo court? 

How stupid do you think everybody is?

Also:

The Department of Canadian Heritage in a briefing note acknowledged a bill mandating first-ever internet regulations “has caused adverse reactions” and expect it will be amended in the Senate. Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez had publicly called Bill C-10 “an absolute priority” for cabinet: “We have very little time.”  

 

This bill must die for the same reason why it is called an absolute priority: it is dangerous and casts such a dark pall on the country and everyone in it.

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Fast forward to another century: 2021. The Cold War is a distant memory. "The USSR is no longer on the map," Krylov recalls.

"But I find myself experiencing its legacy some thousands of miles to the west, as if I am living in an Orwellian twilight zone. I witness ever-increasing attempts to subject science and education to ideological control and censorship. Just as in Soviet times, the censorship is being justified by the greater good. Whereas in 1950, the greater good was advancing the World Revolution, in 2021 the greater good is 'Social Justice'...

"We are told that in order to build a better world and to address societal inequalities, we need to purge our literature of the names of people whose personal records are not up to the high standards of the self-anointed bearers of the new truth, the Elect. We are told that we need to rewrite our syllabi and change the way we teach and speak...

"As a community, we face an important choice. We can succumb to extreme left ideology and spend the rest of our lives ghost-chasing and witch-hunting, rewriting history, politicizing science, redefining elements of language, and turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education into a farce. Or we can uphold a key principle of democratic society—the free and uncensored exchange of ideas—and continue our core mission, the pursuit of truth, focusing attention on solving real, important problems of humankind".

 

Those who lived under communism know of what they speak.