The (Still Secret) Online Harms Consultation: What the Government Heard, Part Two
Last week, I posted on the results of this summer’s online harms consultation, which remains shrouded in secrecy as the Canadian government still refuses to disclose the hundreds of submissions it received. That post focused on the common concerns raised in the submissions as pulled from my ongoing blog post that features links to dozens of submissions that have been independently posted. This second post highlights frequently cited recommendations. These recommendations are particularly important given that the mandate letter for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez indicates that any online harms legislation “should be reflective of the feedback received during the recent consultations.”
Reduce contacts now or hospitals will be overwhelmed by Omicron, says Tam
Canada’s chief public health officer says this will not be the holiday season Canadians were hoping for, warning people that if they don’t reduce their contacts over the next several weeks, the country’s hospitals will be overwhelmed.
Health Minister complains of hate mail over allowing grocery stores to allow vaccine passports
Days after reversing a decision that allowed grocery stores to ban unvaccinated Canadians, New Brunswick health minister Dorothy Shephard is saying some of the mail she received over the policy “crossed the line.”
Tar and feathers, then.
This WPost op-ed by “3 retired Generals” – calling for the US military to turn its planning against the citizenry on domestic soil in the name of stopping “insurrection” and “misinformation” – is vastly more dangerous and anti-democratic than 1/6 itself.https://t.co/FQaqOfsgmF
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 21, 2021
It’s Official: Durham Is Investigating The Clinton Campaign
The latest filings by Special Counsel John Durham reveal that lawyers for the Hillary Clinton Campaign now represent Christopher Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko. In doing so, Durham tips us off to something else: that the Hillary Clinton Campaign and multiple former employees of the Hillary Clinton Campaign are under investigation.
Peter Schweizer: Joe Manchin ‘Resisted’ Many Offers for ‘Cronyism,’ ‘Corruption,’ ‘Self-Enrichment’ to Be Bought or Rented
Schweizer and Eggers reflected on their research of political corruption in Washington, DC, while examining Manchin’s recent refusal to join other Democrats in passing the $4.91 trillion spending proposal in the “Build Back Better” legislation pushed by the Biden administration and left-wing news media.
Russian Lawmakers Seek to Recognize Soviet Fall as ‘Greatest 20th Century Catastrophe’
The proposal submitted Monday by the right-wing nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, borrows from President Vladimir Putin’s famous 2005 remark about the Soviet collapse. It comes ahead of the 30th anniversary of the U.S.S.R.’s disintegration.
