Thu Mar 3, 2022 – 10:07 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis voiced concern over a new internet censorship bill from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, saying that passing the legislation would open “the door” to internet suppression and canceling of opposing political views.
“Neither the Liberals nor any government, regardless of your political stripe, can be trusted to be neutral referees of what is preferred speech and preferred content,” Lewis said during a Bill C-11 debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Lewis then said that Trudeau’s response to the trucker Freedom Convoy is “evidence” that the bill could be used to suppress opposing political views.
Bill C-11, like its predecessor C-10, shows that the government doesn’t trust Canadians with free speech & to make their own internet choices. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/vi6ecJROky
— Dr. Leslyn Lewis (@LeslynLewis) March 2, 2022
Lewis noted that Trudeau’s refusal to “listen to legitimate concerns of fellow Canadians, even when those who trucked from clear across the country came to just have a conversation,” shows he cannot be trusted when it comes to Bill C-11.
Lewis said that Trudeau choosing instead to label “people as racist, misogynist, anti-science people
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