Bill C-70 Trudeau’s Latest Assault on Free Speech

By: Dimitri Lascaris
The Trudeau government’s latest national security legislation promises to cement Justin Trudeau’s legacy as the most anti-free speech Prime Minister in the post-WWII era. The government’s newest assault on free expression, Bill C-70, is titled “An Act respecting countering foreign interference”. If adopted, Bill C-70 would amend numerous Canadian laws relating to national security. These laws include the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, the Criminal Code of Canada and the little-known Security of Information Act (“SIA“).
Bill C-70 constitutes a serious threat to democratic discourse. It is particularly dangerous for those who are critical of Canadian foreign policy.
The ‘foreign interference’ scam
In recent years, Canada’s ‘mainstream’ politicians and pundits have whipped up hysteria with unsubstantiated allegations that the West’s official enemies are manipulating Canadians with ‘disinformation’.
As I’ve argued before (see here and here), the brouhaha around alleged foreign interference is mostly a scam.
This manufactured national security crisis is designed to distract us from the disastrous consequences of Canada’s foreign policies and persuade Canadians to tolerate more and more censorship.
How would Bill C-70 amend the SIA?
Currently, the SIA imposes the most severe penalty that Canada’s constitution permits (life imprisonment) on those who use threats, accusations or violence to benefit foreign entities.
Section 20 of the SIA provides:
Foreign-influenced or Terrorist-influenced Threats or Violence
20 (1) Every person commits an offence who, at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity or a terrorist group, induces or attempts to induce, by threat, accusation, menace or violence, any person to do anything or to cause anything to be done
(a) that is for the purpose of increasing the capacity of a foreign entity or a terrorist group to harm Canadian interests; or
(b) that is reasonably likely to harm Canadian interests. There are certain points:…
*Application
*Ambiguous criminal laws deter free speech
*Other flaws in Bill C-70
*Opposition to Bill C-70 intensifies
It’s not too late to stop this Draconian and repressive bill from becoming law.
I urge all who care about free speech to contact their Members of Parliament and demand that this anti-democratic legislation be withdrawn. for further details visit at
Source: cbc.ca/news