The online harms call is coming from inside the House

Let me get this straight: the Liberals are reintroducing a bill intended to protect those from marginalized communities from online abuse and violence by using institutions and technological practices known to threaten the very safety of those they are trying to protect?

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez will be shepherding the Liberals’ online harms bill, first introduced at the end of the previous Parliament. In its first form, the bill offered a Canadian-style paternalistic approach to harm reduction that doesn’t increase online safety for marginalized communities. Instead, it does the opposite, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

November 10, 2021

OTTAWA—Do the Liberals actually care about people who aren’t white and wealthy, or are they just performatively jumping through the hoops of social justice that ultimately put marginalized groups in further peril? Asked and answered, as evidenced by their proposed online harms bill. The governm...

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