{"id":781,"date":"2021-06-22T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobzimmer.ca\/?p=781"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:38:09","slug":"standing-up-to-liberals-unprecedented-attacks-on-freedom-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobzimmer.ca\/standing-up-to-liberals-unprecedented-attacks-on-freedom-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Up To Liberals\u2019 Unprecedented Attacks On Freedom of Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>OTTAWA \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, issued the following statement after the Liberals rammed Bill C-10 through the House without proper debate:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeeks ago, the Liberals withdrew the section of their own bill that protects individual users\u2019 content, resulting in Canadians being made subject to broad and vague government powers to regulate their use of social media.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince then, my Conservative colleagues and I have fought daily to protect the freedom of speech of Canadians, while the Liberals have gone so far as to use extreme tactics not used in decades to silence the Opposition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile we were able to slow down the process, late last night in a series of votes the Liberals, with help from the NDP and&nbsp;<em>Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/em>, successfully rammed Bill C-10 through the House of Commons without proper debate. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs one of the founders of the International Grand Committee, I have always stressed the importance of ensuring that our fundamental right to freedom of speech is protected online. I am deeply concerned that Bill C-10 leaves the door open for a massive abuse of power over the rights of Canadians.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf this controversial bill is adopted, a Conservative government will repeal this deeply flawed legislation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will always stand up for the freedoms of Canadians.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-30-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Bob.Zimmer@parl.gc.ca\">Bob.Zimmer@parl.gc.ca<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2013&nbsp;Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, issued the following statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,12,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Standing Up To Liberals\u2019 Unprecedented Attacks On Freedom of Speech - 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