Step 3: What's Wrong with Bill C-11

What is Wrong with Bill C-11

 

(1)  It is illegal: It contravenes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is the supreme law of Canada. Specifically, the following sections are breached:

a.     Sec. 2(b): “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of … expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication”.  Clearly, a content creator will feel pressured to not express what they feel is truly Canadian if they know that this content will be intentionally hidden, and therefore result in a loss of site visits and income from less ad revenue.  When this Bill is scrutinized from a results perspective, a covert form of censorship is at work.

b.    Sec. 7: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of the person, and the right to not be deprived thereof,…”.  A loss of revenue means being deprived of the right to the security of the person, including financial security.

c.      Sec. 15: “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination…”.  However, how can a content creator who espouses a different version of “Canadian” than the CRTC be treated equally when their content is intentionally being hidden and they lose their livelihood as a result?

d.    Sec. 2(a): “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion.”  But how can a content creator’s freedom of religion and right to equality under the law be preserved if, for example, their religion requires them to upload a podcast challenging the government’s COVID mandates for churches, truckers and travellers, such challenge of which the government could easily deem as being “un-Canadian” content and then force the social media platforms to hide their podcast?

 

(2)  It is draconian:  The arrogance and dictatorial nature of the architects of Bill C-11 in attempting to decide for Canadians the parameters of Canadian content is mind-boggling. This Bill will undermine and stifle the creative spirit.  It exposes the government as an authoritarian regime that seeks to control the lives of its subjects.  

 

(3)  It is destabilizing:

a.     It will result in a serious loss of revenue and even joblessness for many content creators who will refuse to conform, out of principle, to the CRTC’s parameters of Canadian content.  To add insult to injury, they will also be taxed to support the “Canadian content” fund.

b.    It will result in a loss of revenue for social media platform providers when they are forced to replace the current highly optimized revenue-generating algorithms with unnatural revenue-depleting algorithms.

c.     The government will have to contend with more angry people than ever. 

 

(4)  It is expensive: In order to execute and manage what this Bill entails will require another layer of bureaucracy – many internet content “police” and their managers, accounting staff to process the Canadian content tax, and so on.

 

(5)  It is un-Canadian: Any government that acts in an illegal and dictatorial manner has thrown out and trampled on the values of freedom and responsibility that have shaped and sustained our great Nation. Furthermore, this Bill will drive people away from creating and searching for truly Canadian content sites, and this will have the effect of dumbing down Canadian content and reducing its market share.  Clearly, this Bill is anti-Canadian, just like its sponsor. 

 

(6)  It is a Trojan Horse: Given that this government earlier this year brutally suppressed the peaceful Freedom Truckers rallies in Ottawa and illegally implemented the Emergencies Act, this Bill should be viewed with suspicion.  We should rightly ask, “Under the guise of levelling the creative content playing field, could the government leverage this Bill to impose more control on our freedom of expression, and even exclude any debate deemed “un-Canadian during election campaigns? This government cannot be trusted to uphold its fiduciary duty as a Public Servant to Canadians.  It is not interested in protecting our rights and freedoms.  Consider other possible outcomes:

a.     You are a student who is unable to find information on the internet for a school report which looks critically at the government.

b.    You are an artist who is unable to create or post your creative content because it is too costly and time consuming to fulfil the “CanCon” requirements.

c.     You are someone who cannot find any credible internet sites offering natural health alternatives to the COVID boosters.

d.    You are someone who is frustrated at the time wasted trying to find a particular Canadian content site so you give up and search for other non-Canadian content.

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