John Robson: Poilievre Should Unequivocally Oppose Online Harms Act’s Draconian Measures

Commentary Even given the practical, ethical, and intellectual collapse of Canada’s governing institutions, the “Online Harms Act,” a.k.a. Bill C-63, is an outrageous assault on free speech and due process, even allowing pre-emptive incarceration for what you might be going to say. What an opportunity for PM-in-waiting Pierre Poilievre to stand on principle. Um, Pierre? Are you there? Canadians tend to underestimate the extent and nature of the mess because of an ingrained conviction that we are moderate, sensible people. However radical or inept public policy gets, we must somehow be safe in the moderate middle. We may not buy vainglorious chattering-class rhetoric about our health-care system being the envy of the world, but we don’t suspect that it might be unaffordable, ineffective, and unfair because it is far left. Ditto our crumbling military, ruinous spending and borrowing, lack of accountability, etc....