12 March 2024

LIBERAL GOVERNMENT'S 'THOUGHTCRIME BILL' EVEN TOO MUCH FOR OL' LEFTY ATWOOD

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-- "Canadian Justice Minister Arif Virani is defending his government's Online Harms Bill after celebrated Canadian writer Margaret Atwood shared views comparing the new legislation to George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 'If this account of the bill is true, it's Lettres de Cachet all over again,' Atwood wrote. '"The possibilities for revenge, false accusations + thoughtcrime stuff are sooo inviting!' Atwood wrote." --
Oh, it gets better...
-- "'I do predict that this is going to be challenged in the courts,' former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin told host Edward Greenspon." --