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To whom it may concern,
Section 4.4.1 of A Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for Online Intermediaries states:
The specific relief possible through such injunctions could include orders to disable access to infringing content (e.g., "website-blocking" or "de-indexing" orders), remove such content (e.g., "takedown" orders), otherwise prevent or stop infringing activity (e.g., "stay-down" orders) or limit, suspend or terminate access to an intermediary's service.
Michael Geist has written on this topic:
Further, any blocking system creates collateral damage including over-blocking of legitimate websites and increased costs for consumers. While there is room to increase information sharing and update codes of conduct, a CRTC-based blocking mandate will open the door to a steadily expansive approach to Internet blocking.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has already downplayed the risks of constitutional challenges of the legislation, despite the fact that the provisions on misinformation in Canada's election law has been struck down by a court as unconstitutional. The government has thus far shown little regard for the speech implications of its Internet regulation plans, suggesting that blocking could be part of the policy equation. If so, a constitutional challenge would be inevitable. When combined with policy developments in the copyright and CRTC fronts, there is a major effort underway to reshape the Canadian Internet with concerns around net neutrality and freedom of expression seemingly giving way to government and regulator-backed blocking schemes.
The Tor project states:
We at Tor care about freedom of access to information and strongly oppose censorship. This is why we've developed methods to connect to the network and bypass censorship. These methods are called Pluggable Transports (PTs).
How will the Canadian Government block content if China's Great Firewall was so easily subverted?
Blocking websites will only result in censorship circumvention advancements. To wit, the Great Firewall ushered creation of shadowsocks and v2ray. The Information Genie is out of the bottle and no legislation in a free democratic society will change the situation in any meaningful way. It wastes time and tax payer funding.
Whatever blocking technology is in place will be rendered obsolete shortly thereafter. Authoritarians use innocuous reasons to implement censorship. First they'll silence the pirates, then they'll silence the dissenters.
Sincerely,
Dave Jarvis