Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On December 6th, 2017. See this statement in context.

December 6th, 2017 / 5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

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Regarding website blocking, it occurs to me that some websites could be completely full of hate speech. Some websites could be full of other content that is illegal to be posting, but then you get more complicated situations.

Take torrents. There are legal torrents. There are illegal torrents. There are websites like the Pirate Bay that might principally traffic in more illegal torrents. There are streaming services that do the same. Can the government say no to this website, and yes to that website? Is government able to draw those clear guidelines for a regulator like the CRTC?

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