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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Let's look at the potential consequences of overreach in each instance:
1) Bill C-11 - taken to it's extreme effectively empowers the Government to censor or block sources for any/all content on all media that's available including youtube, print media available on online platforms, etc. Most people consume 3-4 hours of some sort of media on their phones, TV, Internet, etc.
2) Taken to it's extreme, universities could get fined for not letting someone like Ann Coulter speak - which would only be an issue if there's an audience large enough to warrant someone like that showing up in the first place
It's not like both of these imperfect policies come out in a wash. Maybe you should look through Bill C-11 with a different lens - imagine a future where a populist 'Trump-like' figure somehow leads the CPC to a majority electoral victory with like 38% of the popular vote and then proceeds to eject all appointees from all government positions including the CRTC and replaces them with extreme partisans. Are you happy that bill C-11 is the law of land in that scenario given who's controlling the government?
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But those aren’t two extremes. Your “extreme” version of Bill C-11 isn’t even realistic in the extreme, and your “extreme” version of PP’s proposed policy is how it is intended to function at a basic level.
Ignore Bill C-11 for a second. Do you agree that the government should be threatening financial penalties towards educational institutions if they don’t host speakers the government believes they should host? Should the government have that say?