“Cancel Culture”

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says Canada isn’t considering a ban of the social media platform X, though his office says discussions about X’s deepfake controversy are under way.

The platform, which is owned by Elon Musk, has drawn global criticism over sexualized deepfakes created by X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, which have proliferated in recent weeks.

OTTAWA – The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech.

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday.

But the York University Student Centre says its decision was “not politically motivated in any way” and the event simply didn’t meet its requirements.

British comedian Ricky Gervais is standing up to the transgender mob and pushing back against criticism of his jokes about transgender people, among other topics.

I didn’t suspect, when I became a nurse, that I was entering a profession wherein I would be unable to express my political views, in my private life, without being fired and put through interminable legal hell. But that’s what I got, in British Columbia.

This is from a story about the scalping of British settlers and militia by Mi’kmaq warriors in what became known as the “Dartmouth Massacre” on May 13, 1751, from John Wilson’s eyewitness account: “These Indians chain the unfortunate prisoner to a large thick tree, and bind his hands and his feet, then beginning from the middle of the craneum, they cut quite round towards the neck; this being done, they then tear off the skin, leaving the skull bare; an inflammation quickly follows, the patient fevers, and dies in the most exquisite tortures.”

Sometimes I read the news and wonder if we’ve all lost our footing. A few weeks ago, the Vancouver Park Board apologized to the 2SLGBTQ+ community for allowing a Harry Potter event in Stanley Park. The apology caught the attention of J.K. Rowling herself, who joked she hadn’t realized Vancouver had “avowed” her, so the disavowal wasn’t much of a blow.

Two Ontario teachers who say they were fired for not celebrating LGBT pride at school will have their case heard before the provincial labour relations board.

Matt and Nicole Alexander allege they were suspended and then fired from the Renfrew County District School Board (RCDSB) in October of 2023 for declining to participate in and affirm LGBT events and policies at their schools, according to the non-profit Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), which is providing them with legal aid.

Thirty-seven percent of Canadian university students with right-leaning views fear facing formal consequences—including lower grades—if they share an opinion in class that differs from the accepted “safe” stance on controversial topics, a new poll suggests.

A recently released study from the Fraser Institute found that left-leaning political viewpoints are dominant on university campuses in Canada, with even 30 percent of self-described left-leaning students fearing formal consequences if they express a viewpoint in class that conflicts with what is considered the “safe” stance.

Nearly half of all Canadian university students are actively concealing their real opinions for fear of sanction or mistreatment, according to a comprehensive new survey published Wednesday by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.

Of 760 university students surveyed, 48.1 per cent expressed reluctance to reveal their opinions on a “controversial political issue.” The survey found that 27.5 per cent of students were somewhat reluctant and 20.6 per cent were very reluctant.