The New York Post Editorial Board published a piece Thursday laying into a recently-introduced bill that they argued would turn Canada into an Orwellian nightmare.
The bill in question (Bill C-63), referred to as the Online Harms Act, was first introduced by Justice Minister Arif Virani in February — and would empower the government to place citizens on house arrest if social media posts provide “reasonable grounds” for officials to believe that someone “will commit” a crime.
“No, Canada!” the Post’s Editorial Board wrote in response. “The country that brought you debanking protesters and government-assisted suicide for the poor now wants to criminalize speech to lock up people for life and to put wrongthinkers under house arrest if the state sees a chance they will commit a crime. Doesn’t get more Orwellian than that.”
Minister Virani claimed that the bill was…
