FIRST READING: Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons'

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. TOP STORYIn spite of multiple international statements framing internet access as a human right, the Liberal government is pursuing legislation that would allow them to unilaterally quarantine Canadian citizens from the online world. Bill C-8 comes despite a long track record of Liberal government statements slamming government controls on internet access, deeming them an active threat to human rights. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementBill C-8 is only the latest in a slew of Liberal-championed bills introducing new controls on the Canadian internet. The Online Streaming Act, made law around the same time, extended Canadian content controls to much of the Canadian internet.