Thu Dec 1, 2022 – 7:47 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Liberal Party-appointed Canadian senators rejected a proposal by their Conservative counterparts that would have amended Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s internet censorship law to only apply to large corporations.
In a 10-4 vote Tuesday, the Senate transport and communications committee forged ahead with Bill C-11 unamended.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said that “the Senate had it for over six months,” adding that it is “time” to “pass that bill.”
As per Blacklock’s Reporter, the Senate transport and communications committee in its vote rejected a proposal that would have seen most people exempt from the new bill except for large companies or programmers with at least $150 million in annual earnings.
Trudeau’s much-maligned internet censorship Bill C-11 recently passed second reading in the Senate.
The bill, titled An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act and to Make Related and Consequential Amendments to other Acts, will now proceed to the third and final reading.
Critics have long warned that Bill C-11 will stifle free speech online.
Even Big Tech giants YouTube and Apple, who both have a history of censorship, recently urged Canada’s senate to stall the passing of the bill.
As the bill stands, the Canadian Radio-Television and
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