'It's absolutely terrifying': John Carpay warns of Liberals' new attack on free speech
Critics say the Safe Social Media Act will lead to widespread online censorship through vague “harmful content” rules.
On last night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, discussed the dangers of the Liberals' new Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34).
The Act was introduced on June 10 of this year, with the Liberal government saying it's intended to improve online safety for children through the regulation of social media and AI chatbots.
Social media platforms would be required to ban anyone under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms through age verification under the new bill. It would also create a Digital Safety Commission of Canada with strong powers to enforce rules, investigate, and fine companies.
Justice Centre President John Carpay joined @RebelNewsOnline on The Ezra Levant Show to warn that the federal government is building a surveillance state in Canada, one bill at a time.
— Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (@JCCFCanada) July 2, 2026
C-22 forces companies to retain Canadians’ metadata for six months (with extensions possible)… https://t.co/Q71rAY1BLE
Critics like Carpay say the vague definition of “harmful content” will lead to over-censorship. Skeptics also argue that platforms will remove anything that's even borderline 'harmful' to avoid huge fines, effectively letting government-appointed regulators decide what speech is allowed.
"It's one more building block of the surveillance state, and it's absolutely terrifying," Carpay said. "We are rapidly moving towards a situation where six months from now, or perhaps 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, but coming up soon, we're moving towards a Communist China, social credit type system, where the government has access to where you are, who you communicate with, and what you do, and your purchases, and your movements," he continued.
The bill is still in its early stages and must go through second reading, committee hearings, and votes in both the House and Senate before becoming law.
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Henk Van Ravenswaay commented 2026-07-06 13:38:41 -0400Have a proposal for RebelNews. Take the taxpayer money allocated for your media, you know better how it works, but spend every penny on buying access on the same social media platforms and big tech platforms as the liberal taxpayer funded media does, but make your headlines for your articles to be unfavourable towards the liberals and the liberal government. Publish all the receipts so complete transparency. Then if the liberal government cuts off your taxpayer funding or any untoward actions against RebelNews, you will have the pudding. You know the pudding I am talking about. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2026-07-02 19:19:09 -0400Inch by inch, the wall of censorship is rising around us. The sheeple grumble but settle down when they’re used to it.
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2026-07-02 17:09:50 -0400To paraphrase something Junior Trudeau once said, “The government will do all the thinking so that you don’t have to.”
