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Revamped Bill to Regulate Internet ’the Same Pig With Different Lipstick’

Revamped Bill to Regulate Internet ’the Same Pig With Different Lipstick’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pablo Rodriguez, now the heritage minister, arrive at City Hall in Montreal on Nov. 26, 2021. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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There has been a lot of talk about liberty lately. Some, like those in the truckers’ convoys and blockades, want a lot more of it. Others, startled at the prospect of mingling with the unvaccinated and unmasked, want less of it, as does the Trudeau government, which on Feb. 14 invoked the Emergencies Act.

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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