How the Liberal Party is trying to control the media
Troubling news after passing censorship law.
Last weekend saw the conclusion of the first Liberal Party Convention in five years. Justin Trudeau gave an impressive speech, responded to the accusations of his opponent Pierre Poilievre, and then left for London for the coronation of Charles III.
But the convention was not only memorable for his speech. Delegates voted to increase government control over the media. In essence, they called on the current government to make sure that only information that can be verified by the government is allowed to be published in the media.
They called it an attempt “hold online information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced.”
Such preferences could not go unnoticed. After all, if the government were to determine which sources are reliable and which are not or not at all, what would happen to society and the media the next day?
One of the greatest achievements of Canadian democracy is that the press and the government exist in different worlds, fighting each other, proving each other righteousness with actions and words. Besides, who, if not the politicians, are trying to act in their own interests: they represent a certain opinion, a view, an angle, but not a diversity of views.
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