‘Culture of Censorship’: Poilievre Criticizes Court Ruling on Jordan Peterson Appeal

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a recent court ruling allowing the Ontario College of Psychologists to impose social media training on Jordan Peterson to retain his professional licence, tying it to a “culture of censorship.” “Another outrageous attack on free speech as regulators try to force Peterson into a re-education program for expressing the politically-incorrect views,” said Mr. Poilievre in a Jan. 17 post on X (formerly Twitter). “This is the culture of censorship Trudeau has created and I will reverse.” In the decision released on Jan. 16, a three-judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected Dr. Peterson’s appeal to quash the decision of the Ontario Divisional Court that upheld the order for social media training from the College of Psychologists of Ontario....