Can’t attack the message? Then attack the messenger

If political parties and politicians vilify their opponents too much, they risk escalating the political polarization of our society.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the government’s point man on the bill, suggested those who opposed Bill C-10, did so not because they were concerned about possible government censorship, but because they were part of, as he put, it a 'deliberate campaign of misinformation' orchestrated by 'web giants.'

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

May 20, 2021

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Canada must be an awful place, full of horrible people. That’s certainly the takeaway you’d get, if you believed all the nasty rhetoric that’s floating around our political atmosphere these days. For instance, Alberta’s Justice Minister Kaycee Madu made headlines recently ...

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