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| New Canadian bill would empower government to ban anyone’s internet access |
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Posted by: Stone - 10-03-2025, 09:46 AM - Forum: Global News
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New Canadian bill would empower government to ban anyone’s internet access
Bill C-8 has a provision in which the federal government could block 'any specified person' from using the internet.
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Oct 2, 2025
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews [Slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks from original included below]) — A new Canadian bill introduced by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has raised privacy concerns as it appears that, should it become law, it would give officials the power to ban anyone deemed a dissident from accessing the internet.
Bill C-8, which is now in its second reading in the House of Commons, was introduced in June by Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and has a provision in which the federal government could stop “any specified person” from accessing the internet.
All that would be needed is the O.K. from Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly for an individual to be denied internet service.
The bill is titled “An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts,” and it contains a clause that mandates all internet providers to pull internet services from anyone whom the government demands.
The bill would allow the industry minister to “prohibit a telecommunications service provider from providing any service to any specified person,” all without a warrant. The only recourse a banned person would have is after the order is given. They would have to get a federal court to look at the ban order for a judicial review.
The federal government under Carney claims that the bill is a way to stop “unprecedented cyber-threats.”
The bill as written claims that the government would need the power to cut someone off from the internet, as it could be “necessary to do so to secure the Canadian telecommunications system against any threat, including that of interference, manipulation, disruption, or degradation.”
Experts warn that the flaws must be fixed
Many are speaking out against the bill, warning of its Orwellian-like powers.
“The Liberal government is giving itself power to ban dissidents from the internet!” People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier wrote on X regarding the bill.
“Bill C-8, which is undergoing second reading in the HofC, includes a provision under which Ottawa can pull internet services from “any specified person,” a power that currently doesn’t exist.”
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) blasted the bill as troublesome, saying it needs to “fix” the “dangerous flaws” in the bill before it becomes law.
“Experts and civil society have warned that the legislation would confer ministerial powers that could be used to deliberately or inadvertently compromise the security of encryption standards within telecommunications networks that people, governments, and businesses across Canada rely upon, every day,” the CCLA wrote in a recent press release.
CCL Director of Privacy, Surveillance & Technology Program Tamir Israel said the government must fix the bill’s “flaws” at once.
“By failing to guarantee critical end-to-end encryption protocols will not be undermined, Bill C-8 risks doing more harm than good to cybersecurity,” Israel said.
“Its ongoing inclusion of warrantless data access mechanisms and use of a secrecy by default approach poses an additional threat to privacy and other civil liberties. We urge the government and parliamentarians to adopt important fixes to address these flaws.”
Canada’s own intelligence commissioner has warned that the bill, if passed as is, would potentially not be constitutionally justified, as it would allow for warrantless seizure of a person’s sensitive information.
Since taking power in 2015, the Liberal government has brought forth many new bills that, in effect, censor internet content as well as go after people’s ability to speak their minds.
Recently, Canadian Conservative Party MP Leslyn Lewis blasted a new Liberal “hate crime” bill, calling it a “dangerous” piece of legislation that she says will open the door for authorities to possibly prosecute Canadians’ speech deemed “hateful.”
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| A Virtual Reconstruction of the Abbey of Cluny |
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Posted by: Stone - 10-02-2025, 11:42 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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A Virtual Reconstruction of the Abbey of Cluny
NLM | October 1, 2025
Here’s another big win for the YouTube suggestion algorithm, a new documentary about the building of the third church of the abbey of Cluny, which for over 500 years was the longest church in the world, until it was replaced by the new St Peter’s basilica. Very little of the building remains today, but this documentary gives a very nice virtual reconstruction of it, with a lot of historical details about how it was built, and information which modern archeological research has uncovered about the building the process.
There are two errors that I (and others, in the YouTube comments) have spotted. One is a just slip of the tongue - the abbey was founded in 910, not 1910. The other (41:50) is that the Pope who consecrated the church in 1095 was Bl. Urban II, not Innocent II, whose reign began 35 years later. It has to be said that a lot of the music is too dramatic, and, as has become a general problem with documentaries, some things are said at greater length than is really necessary, but on the whole, I think you will find it well worth your time.
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| Leo XIV's Conference "Directly Connected" to Agenda 2030 |
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Posted by: Stone - 10-02-2025, 11:11 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Leo XIV's Conference "Directly Connected" to Agenda 2030
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gloria.tv | October 2025
Yesterday, Pope Leo XIV embarrassed himself with a eco-conference in Castel Gandolfo, which included a neo-pagan water ceremony.
According to the introduction speakers, the event was "directly connected" to COP30. This refers to the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will take place in Brazil. It is part of the broader Agenda 2030.
Some of the speakers have direct roles in COP30. For example, Marina Silva is Brazil’s environment minister. She praised the Paris Agreement and the promise of $1.3 trillion in climate funding.
Other speakers and entertainers were outdated or relatively unknown figures, such as 78-year-old politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pop starlets Adonique Adewale and Michelle McManus performed songs with emotional lyrics inspired by UN slogans, such as:
“We choose peace, oh-eh-oh, oh-eh-oh … Peace out, everybody.”
"Rise up, we're a million different colors dancing to the beat."
The event's buzzwords were "integral ecology," "universal fraternity," and the "common home."
Leo XIV: "Ecological Conversion is Conversion to God"
Pope Leo XIV himself spoke as if he were a United Nations chaplain: He called for an "ecological conversion": "For believers, this conversion is no different from the one that orients us toward the living God."
His goal is to "bring the whole human family together to seek sustainable and integral development."
Quoting Francis, Leo XIV - the Pope of the Church - expects "the most effective solution above all from political decisions".
Leo XIV: "Pressure on Governments for More Regulations and Controls"
Leo XIV added that everyone, through NGOs and advocacy groups, "must put pressure on governments to develop regulations, procedures, and controls."
He revealed himself to be a staunch disciple of the United Nations: "It is my hope that the upcoming international summits of the United Nations — the 2025 Climate Change Conference (COP 30), the 53 Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security, and the 2026 Water Conference — will listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor [...]."
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