SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk slammed the Justin Trudeau Government
in Canada for “crushing free speech” in the country and termed it “shameful”.
His remark came in wake of a recent order of the Canada Government,
which makes it compulsory for online streaming services to formally register
with the government for ‘regulatory controls’.
Musk was responding to a post by journalist and author Glenn
Greenwald, who was commenting on the ruling.
“The Canadian Government, armed with one of the world’s most
repressive online censorship schemes, announces that all “online streaming
services that offer podcasts” must formally register with the government to
permit regulatory controls,” Greenwald posted on X.
Responding to this, Elon Musk stated, “Trudeau is trying to crush
free speech in Canada. Shameful”.
Notably, this is not the first time the Trudeau Government is being
accused of acting against free speech.
In February 2022, Trudeau invoked emergency powers — for the first
time in country’s history — to arm his government with more power to respond to
the trucker protests, who were opposing the vaccine mandates at that time.
Meanwhile, Canadian PM created an uproar after he alleged Bharat’s
role in the killing of separatist terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
However, Bharat has out rightly rejected the claims, calling it ‘absurd’
and ‘motivated’.
Notably, Canada is yet to provide any public evidence to support
the claim about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Bharat has suspended its visa services in Canada, following
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s allegations of Indian involvement in the
killing.
Amid strained ties, Bharat issued an advisory for its citizens and
those who are travelling to Canada to exercise “utmost caution in view of
growing anti-Bharat activities and politically-condoned hate crimes and
criminal violence” in the country.
ANI
