Hours after Censorship Bill C-11 passed on Thursday, Conservative MP Andrew Scheer said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “bought media and is shutting down dissent.” 

Bill C-11 was tabled last year by the Canadian Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriquez — and passed on Thursday by a 52 – 16 margin. 

The former Conservative Party leader Scheer ripped into the CBC on Friday, saying that its coverage of the Bill passing completely ignored critical viewpoints. 

“CBC’s news service puts out an entire article on one of the most controversial bills ever proposed (Trudeau’s censorship law) without quoting a single contrary voice,” Scheer said.

He added: “Trudeau has bought the media and is shutting down dissent.”

Bill C-11 requires online streaming services like YouTube and Netflix to follow content requirements and regulations, effectively propping up content the government wants, while making it harder for creators who don’t align with the feds to succeed. 

For example, Netflix will be required by Canadian law to invest in Canadian content that aligns with the feds’ obsession with equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

The Trudeau Liberals say the Bill will be a good thing for Canadian creators and that it will pursue equitable values such as promoting the 2SLGBTQ++ alphabet mafia.  

But others aren’t on board.  Last year, Canadian author Margaret Atwood said the Bill resembles “creeping totalitarianism.” 

And Big tech has warned Canadians about the Bill, including YouTube, Google, and Twitter.

In fact, last year, Twitter representatives compared the Liberals to communists over their desire to regulate content.

And just before the Bill was passed, Senator David Richards compared it to what Joseph Stalin would do. 

“This law will be one of scapegoating all those who do not fit into what our bureaucrats think Canada should be,” he said.

“Stalin, again, will be looking over our shoulder when we write.”