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Medical experts call on government to delay expansion of MAID for mental illness https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-maid-delay-mental-illness-medical-experts/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links “'It needs to be slowed down'” said Valerie Taylor, the psychiatric chair at the University of Calgary...'There are still many, many unmet questions'”
“Instead of a sober appraisal about Beijing’s bluntly authoritarian disposition on the global stage… what we have instead is a grossly underfunded compromise statement that suggests 🇨🇦 will not be making any fundamental changes in our approach to 🇨🇳.” https://twitter.com/cburton001/status/1597929457981218818
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/11/30/has-canadas-china-policy-reset-failed-to-launch.html Burton opinion piece @MLInstitute @_EuropeanValues
"The more and more we’ve debated and we’ve heard from the Minister and the government, the current chair of the CRTC, constantly I get this feeling of, ‘I reserve the right to do tomorrow what I am promising not to do today,'” said Housakos. “That is really my concern.” Bingo. https://twitter.com/mindingottawa/status/1597935431404097536
Feds' YouTube regulation bill #C11 survives @SenateCA committee challenge on 10-4 vote as hearings enter Month Six. "Time to pass that bill," says @PabloRodriguez. https://www.blacklocks.ca/internet-bill-survives-by-10-4/ #cdnpoli
One more reason why C-18 pretty much breaks the internet and why Facebook will refuse to carry news. https://twitter.com/mgeist/status/1597985123680616451
Government officials confirm user posts on Facebook that quote news content and include a link are caught by Bill C-18. My post argues the law is even worse for expression: quotation alone may be enough to trigger mandated payments.
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/11/freedom-of-expression-for-a-price-government-confirms-bill-c-18-requires-platform-payment-for-user-posts-that-include-news-quotes-and-hyperlinks/
https://twitter.com/mgeist/status/1597653111451144192
This is all so sad watching @pablorodriguez and his pals in Montreal putting the incomes of as many as 100,000 Canadian creators to the sword. Run. Just run. https://twitter.com/fortiermorghan/status/1597983022841991168
For those saying digital creators are anti-competition on #C11, this needs to be remembered - we never asked, were never consulted. Just ignored. And yet this bill directly affects our ability to continue our operations, our employment and those we employ. https://twitter.com/u_m_a_m_i/status/1597703085228691456
China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts "...the sight of joyous fans celebrating in packed stadiums stoked anger back home"
China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts
As protesters in Chinese cities rage against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy, TV feeds are edited to avoid crowd scenes
www.theguardian.com