Peter Menzies: New Online Harms Act Gives Appointed Commissioners Too Much Power

Peter Menzies: New Online Harms Act Gives Appointed Commissioners Too Much Power
Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, holds a press conference regarding the new online harms bill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this Feb. 26, 2024 file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Peter Menzies
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Canada has launched  legislation reining in social media and reducing its citizens’ freedom to express themselves online.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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