EXCLUSIVE: Liberals wanted to speech police a U.S. Congresswoman in cross-border censorship plot
Documents obtained by Rebel News show Canadian diplomats were plotting talking points to confront a Republican congresswoman as Global Affairs Canada was simultaneously pushing to lobby foreign governments to join an international crackdown on tech firms Meta and Google.
Newly released documents show something we’ve never seen before: Canadian diplomats drafting talking points to confront U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert because she dared criticize the Online News Act, Bill C-18, which limits Canadians access to news online.
Just think about that. The same government that sermonizes about “defending democracy” was quietly trying to manage the political speech of an elected American lawmaker.
And it didn’t stop there. Global Affairs Canada was simultaneously pushing to lobby foreign governments to join an international crackdown on Meta and Google — all to pressure private companies into enforcing Canada’s censorship bill.
Layer on the CBC whispering strategy into Ottawa’s ear behind the scenes, and what you’re looking at isn’t journalism policy anymore.
It’s a cross-border influence operation, orchestrated by the federal government, to shield and enforce its own online speech controls.
They said C-18 was about “supporting journalism.” Turns out it was about controlling the narrative at home and globally. And we have the documents to prove it.
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-12-09 19:32:14 -0500Documents are why Rebel News is reliable. Regime media pundits can lie and obfuscate but Rebel is committed to the truth. And as more people learn what censorious thugs Liberals are, they’ll see that truth matters.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-12-08 19:13:41 -0500I love Jerry’s ideas. Too bad we have censorious thugs running Canada. And it’s just one more reason to become independent.
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Jerry Purvis commented 2025-12-07 23:33:12 -0500This is just the latest of numerous reasons Alberta should vote for independence in 2026.
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Carl Linletter commented 2025-12-06 16:22:56 -0500I like!!! Now if we could just get this on Cable somehow. Hey, if the Quebec can do regulations on how much Quebec content must be shown. Perhaps Danielle could mandate that the cable companies broadcast X% news from Alberta broadcasters, like Rebel, Juno, Western Standard.
