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Alberta senator wants to revive lapsed Trudeau internet censorship bill

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By Anthony Murdoch

Senator Kristopher Wells and other senators are ‘interested’ in reviving the controversial Online Harms Act legislation that was abandoned after the election call.

A recent Trudeau-appointed Canadian senator said that he and other ā€œinterested senatorsā€ want the current Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney to revive a controversial Trudeau-era internet censorship bill that lapsed.

Kristopher Wells, appointed by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year as a senator from Alberta, made the comments about reviving an internet censorship bill recently in the Senate.

ā€œIn the last Parliament, the government proposed important changes to theĀ Criminal CodeĀ of Canada designed to strengthen penalties for hate crime offences,ā€ he said of Bill C-63 that lapsed earlier this year after the federal election was called.

Bill C-63, or theĀ Online Harms Act, was put forth under the guise of protecting children from exploitation online.

While protecting children is indeed a duty of the state, the bill included several measures that targeted vaguely defined ā€œhate speechā€ infractions involving race, gender, and religion, among other categories. The proposal was thusĀ blastedĀ by many legal experts.

The Online Harms ActĀ would have in essence censored legal internet content that the government thought ā€œlikely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group.ā€ It would be up to the Canadian Human Rights Commission to investigate complaints.

Wells said that ā€œBill C-63 did not come to a vote in the other place and in the dying days of the last Parliament the government signaled it would be prioritizing other aspects of the bill.ā€

ā€œI believe Canada must get tougher on hate and send a clear and unequivocal message that hate and extremism will never be tolerated in this country no matter who it targets,ā€ he said.

Carney, asĀ reported by LifeSiteNews, vowed to continue in Trudeau’s footsteps, promising even more legislation to crack down on lawful internet content.

Wells asked if the current Carney government remains ā€œcommitted to tabling legislation that will amend theĀ Criminal CodeĀ as proposed in the previous Bill C-63 and will it commit to working with interested senators and community stakeholders to make the changes needed to ensure this important legislation is passed?ā€

Seasoned Senator Marc Gold replied that he is not in ā€œa position to speculateā€ on whether a new bill would be brought forward.

Before Bill C-63, a similar law, Bill C-36, lapsed in 2021 due to that year’s general election.

AsĀ noted byĀ LifeSiteNews, Wells has in the past advocated for closing Christian schools that refuse to violate their religious principles by accepting so-called Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs and spearheaded so-called ā€œconversion therapy bans.ā€

Other internet censorship bills that have become law have yet to be fully implemented.

Last month, LifeSiteNewsĀ reported thatĀ former Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault, known for his radical climate views, will be the person in charge of implementing Bill C-11, a controversial bill passed in 2023 that aims to censor legal internet content in Canada.

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FBI urged to release withheld records on Hunter Biden laptop, other ā€˜Twitter Files’

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By Dan Frieth

Judicial Watch initiated theĀ lawsuitĀ in April 2023, targeting the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

A hearing took place Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch against the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The case seeks records related to the ā€œTwitter Files,ā€ particularly those involving Hunter Biden’s laptop and allegations of censorship.

The only matter still pending is the FBI’s withholding of records detailing two meetings between agency officials and Twitter representatives from the Biden administration.

Judicial Watch initiated theĀ lawsuitĀ in April 2023, targeting the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The legal action followed the FBI’s failure to respond to a December 2022 FOIA request for communications between FBI personnel and key Twitter figures, includingĀ Yoel Roth,Ā Vijaya Gadde, andĀ Jim Baker, from June 2020 to December 2022.

These individuals were involved in discussions about suppressing theĀ New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story, as disclosed in journalist Matt Taibbi’s December 2022 ā€œTwitter Files.ā€

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, expressed strong disappointment: ā€œIt is frustrating beyond belief for Judicial Watch to have to go to federal court for basic information on Biden’s abuse of the FBI, using Twitter to censor and monitor Americans.ā€

Through a mix of FOIA requests and legal action, Judicial Watch continues to document extensive censorship efforts that affected tens of millions of Americans.

In November 2024, it obtained DHS records showing a widespread campaign, by both government and private groups, to police and suppress social media posts concerning election fraud in 2020.

Additional records from June 2024, released through Judicial Watch litigation, revealed that just before and after the 2020 election, state officials flagged alleged misinformation and sent it to entities like the Center for Internet Security, CISA, and the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), a DHS-backed nonprofit known for targeting online election discourse.

In December 2023, DHS documents exposed coordination between CISA and the EIP to conduct ā€œreal-time narrative trackingā€ on major social media platforms in the run-up to the 2020 vote.

Similar records surfaced in November 2023, showing EIP’s influence over platforms such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reddit to suppress ā€œdisinformation.ā€

Reprinted with permission fromĀ Reclaim The Net.

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Jordan Peterson reveals DEI ā€˜expert’ serving as his ā€˜re-education coach’ for opposing LGBT agenda

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By Clare Marie Merkowsky

The Ontario College of Psychologists has selected Jordan Peterson’s ā€œre-education coachā€ for having publicly opposed the LGBT agenda.

In a June 16 op-edĀ publishedĀ by theĀ National Post, Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson revealed that U.K. citizen Harry Cayton will guide him through the mandatory training.

ā€œIn the last week … the College has re-established contact, after months of unnecessary delay, which occurred in violation of their own order and guidelines. They have made me an entirely new offer, all the while insisting that this was their intent all along, which it most clearly was not,ā€ Peterson said.

ā€œAll they really want, it turns out, is one two-hour session, which will not involve any ā€˜social media’ training,ā€ he further explained. ā€œThis will be conducted by a man — one Harry Cayton — a citizen of the U.K., who is neither social media expert, according to the College and is definitely not a psychologist.ā€

Harry Cayton, a supposed expert on ā€œprofessional regulation and governance,ā€ is known professionally for promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

In 2021, he was appointed to conduct anĀ independent reviewĀ of the British Columbia Law Society’s governance structure, specifically examining how it supports DEI goals.

Additionally, in 2022, while appearing on Ascend Radio’s podcast, CaytonĀ argued there should be more DEI regulations in professional associations.

Peterson has promised to make the details of his ā€œre-educationā€ public, questioning why the College wishes to hide what Cayton plans to discuss with him.

Peterson also explained that he will publicize the training ā€œso that people who are interested can decide for themselves what is going on.ā€

In January 2024, PetersonĀ lostĀ his appeal of the board’s decision to compel him to undergo mandatory re-education, meaning that he must attend the training or risk losing his license to practice psychology in Ontario.

Peterson alsoĀ revealedĀ that his ā€œlegal options haveā€ now ā€œbeen exhaustedā€ after Ontario’s highest courtĀ rejected his appeal of the College’s 2022 ruling that his public political statements ran afoul of the administrative board’s rules and that he must therefore submit to, and personally pay for, a ā€œcoaching programā€ on professionalism.

Peterson is a widely-known critic of Canada’s increasingly totalitarian government. He has also spoken frequently on the need for young men to accept and take on personal responsibility. While he has seemingly inspired others to explore Christianity, he has not yet espoused a personal belief in any religion, though he affirmed his wife Tammy in her decision toĀ convert to Catholicism in 2024.

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