Just six years after the Conservatives repealed section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which allowed the government to censor so-called internet hate speech, Liberals on the House of Commons justice committee have proposed bringing it back with even more power.

True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Liberal plan to censor the internet will actually make social media companies state enforcers of the government’s speech code.

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  • Andrew Lawton

    A Canadian broadcaster and columnist, Andrew serves as a journalism fellow at True North and host of The Andrew Lawton Show.