It is truly interesting seeing in Canada how they're slowly removing gun rights away from their citizens - while also pushing bills like C-11 that allow governments to influence what social media companies can show to Canadians' eyeballs. They've recently said they're not going to ban hunting rifles, but 5 days ago the SKS is now part of the list of banned guns in Bill C-21, one of the more popular hunting rifles - due to generic bill wording of "center-fire, semi-automatic guns capable of firing more than 5 rounds in a magazine"
Even better, the original (at least, publicly known) intent of the gun ban was to limit ownership of handguns.
Bill C-11 is promoted under the guise of "promoting Canadian content" but of course it's going to be mis-used and abused to control information and the narrative on both domestic and foreign events - if they have the power then they're going to use it for what they want to. A Liberal MP actually stated that they could use the bill to limit 'misinformation' on platforms, though my memory is blank on exactly who it was.
I'm eagerly awaiting for the western first-world political climate to do a complete 180 so all the citizens who supported these emotionally-backed "feel good" laws while voting for the candidates who support them can have "I told you so" thrown into their faces at Mach infinity when the laws they thought were a good idea get used against them by people they don't like.
The western-world is getting increasingly authoritarian now that people are realizing that their country isn't what was sold to them anymore - the never-ending cycle continues.
Even better, the original (at least, publicly known) intent of the gun ban was to limit ownership of handguns.
Bill C-11 is promoted under the guise of "promoting Canadian content" but of course it's going to be mis-used and abused to control information and the narrative on both domestic and foreign events - if they have the power then they're going to use it for what they want to. A Liberal MP actually stated that they could use the bill to limit 'misinformation' on platforms, though my memory is blank on exactly who it was.
I'm eagerly awaiting for the western first-world political climate to do a complete 180 so all the citizens who supported these emotionally-backed "feel good" laws while voting for the candidates who support them can have "I told you so" thrown into their faces at Mach infinity when the laws they thought were a good idea get used against them by people they don't like.
The western-world is getting increasingly authoritarian now that people are realizing that their country isn't what was sold to them anymore - the never-ending cycle continues.