I expect Canada to become a police state (its already on the way) and the brain drain to accelerate.<p>Bill C-10 and C-36 are horrific China emulating policies, loose definition of "hate speech", bypassing courts in favour of human rights tribunals with 100% conviction rates and no requirement of evidence, preventative enforcement by police.<p>With C-36, even saying something truthful, if causes perceived harm is a punishable offence.<p>People with money and skills will continue to move south.
It bears emphasizing that Hacker News will likely be forced to geoblock Canadian users if this legislative draft becomes law. It applies extraterritorially and the absurdly large administrative burden and financial penalties for noncompliance will make serving Canadian users untenable.<p>There is also enough ambiguity in the proposal to worry about the continuing availability of commercial unfiltered VPNs in Canada, at least in the longer term.
All my adult life I've seen the government make decisions I find not only suboptimal, but detrimental. More and more it feels like individuals have less say in what goes on, and that seems to show in vote participation and in how the government acts (like how they refuse <i>consultation</i> about a new controversial policy [1]).<p>1. <a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/rights-group-denounces-lack-of-consultation-on-quebec-s-vaccine-passport-1.5540470" rel="nofollow">https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/rights-group-denounces-lack-of-c...</a>
> This discrimination is sticky, because SESTA caused the shuttering of forums where sex workers advocated for their rights. The more marginalised the speaker, the worst it is – which is why the most heavily impacted group is trans women of colour.<p>This can't be understated. <i>Who</i> are these bills benefiting at the end of the day? Because the most marginalized people in my life — and those who are most often the targets of hate speech — are being pushed even further to the margins by legislation like this.
Interesting that this is happening at the same moment Glenn Greenwald is promoting (Canada based) Rumble as a free-speech alternative to Youtube.<p><a href="https://greenwald.substack.com/p/strengthening-substack-journalism" rel="nofollow">https://greenwald.substack.com/p/strengthening-substack-jour...</a>
I’d you are Canadian, please visit the link to find the feedback submission form and write your objections<p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/harmful-online-content.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/harmful...</a>