(True North) — The Trudeau government’s online censorship law passed the final stage of voting in the Senate, received royal assent and became law on Thursday evening.
Bill C-11, which updates Canada’s Broadcasting Act, will subject digital content creators to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
Senators voted 52-16 in support of the bill becoming law.”
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Comment: I am not supporting the demands of the striking public “servants” but I also don’t support the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s position opposing higher taxes for businesses. Everybody, including businesses, should pay fair taxes. Maybe this guy is too young to remember that Canada was a much better place to live in when this was the case. We had better health care, better education, better social services, more affordable housing, and lower prices for all goods and services (except for divorces). The gap between the rich and the poor was not that large. In 1990s, businesses got too much power, political corruption began, and consequent cuts triggered the downhill path to what we have today. The costs were downloaded on consumers and taxpayers. Privatization, monopolization, and corruption led to price gouging and ended consumer protection. I hate to remind everybody that the restructuring of our economy and the offensive of predatory capitalism began right after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991) and the end of ideological competition between the West and the East. Offshoring and outsourcing followed suite. And I am not advocating for the return of communism, either. We need to invent and implement a better system.
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Comment: He did not answer some of my questions but it is a good illustration of the scope of different interpretations of viruses and human health, in general. At best, I can think of it this way: 500 years ago, people had no idea of the true nature of electricity but it did not mean that electricity did not exist. Besides, there are many “viral” illnesses, attributed to many “viruses” and having distinct symptoms. Not only seasonal colds. Big topic, not as simple as dr. Kaufman would like us to believe. I like his psychological analysis, though.
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“There is a campaign under way to essentially destroy the public education system along with every aspect of human life and attitudes and thought that involve social solidarity. It’s being done in all sorts of ways. One is simply by underfunding. So, if you can make the public schools really rotten, people will look for an alternative. Any service that’s going to be privatized, the first thing you do is make it malfunction so people can say, “We want to get rid of it. It’s not running. Let’s give it to Lockheed.” — Noam Chomsky, The Progressive Magazine, September 1999, p.37
“To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism, and religious dogmas.” - Brock Chisholm, Director UN World Health Organization (1948-53).
