By Christopher Scott
"Death by a Thousand Clicks: The Rise of Internet Censorship and Control in Canada Join us LIVE with John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, for a critical discussion on the rapid expansion of internet censorship and state control in Canada.
Since 2020, the federal government has introduced eight bills that collectively reshape how Canadians speak, share, watch, and access information online. Framed as protections against hate, misinformation, and foreign interference, these laws and proposed measures grant government institutions unprecedented authority over online speech, news distribution, streaming services, and digital platforms. Drawing on JCCF’s report Death by a Thousand Clicks, we examine how these legislative changes enable algorithm manipulation, compelled platform payments, expanded speech criminalization, warrantless surveillance, and even the potential for internet disconnections — marking a historic shift away from Canada’s tradition of open discourse toward state-managed digital speech.
This conversation explores what these changes mean for democracy, free expression, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and why incremental controls — one bill, one regulation, one “click” at a time — pose a serious threat to a free society.
If you care about free speech, constitutional limits on government power, and the future of the open internet in Canada, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss."