The West Block: March 3, 2024 | Brian Mulroney’s legacy, Justice Minister defends Online Harms Bill

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died at the age of 84 on Thursday, Feb. 29. Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, governed from 1984-1993 and oversaw the signing of NAFTA and international treaties on acid rain. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Frank McKenna, the former N.B. premier and former Canadian ambassador to the U.S., about Mulroney’s legacy.

Plus, the federal government tabled its long-awaited online harms bill, C-63, legislation that seeks to make the internet safer for children and crack down on hateful content. Stephenson is joined by Justice Minister Arif Virani who addresses criticisms that the online harms bill is government overreach and impedes on free speech.

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[KieranDevine]

The JustUs system works exactly as its administration intended.

[robertrussell]

Free Trade has been a failure for decades, even when we are right, we lose to the USA. Now trade is not even free between provinces. The feds saw new ways to tax goods within our own borders. Thanks Brian.

[rickvervoort]

The epitome of discrimination:

“They are extremists who don’t believe in science, they’re often misogynists, also often racists. It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice in terms of leaders, in terms of the country. Do we tolerate these people?”

Justin Trudeau

[angus]

Sold off half of Canada’s passenger railway with almost 3000 jobs gone, brought in NAFTA with no public referendum destroying Canadian manufacturing and sending the good paying jobs overseas, and privatized Petro Canada leaving our oil sands foreign owned.
That’s his legacy.

[freddiethompson]

Brian Mulroney’s legacy was sending Canada into tail spin!!!

[jokester]

The GST should be renamed the MST “Mulroney sales Tax”in his honour 😂

[ianleslie]

Book ends of not finding that there was any organized crime in Quebec and the Airbus scandal. Legacy? 😂

[bobbieforseth]

The "Robust" Digital Safety Commissioner should be a qualified lawyer and not some elected official who is granted extraordinary powers that can be abused to the determent of public safety and rights

[Gary-lo]

Not much good I can say about Mulroney, after bring in the GST, which wasn`t and still isn`t popular, he left Canada to live in the States.... Hmmm.

[Snug-the-Joiner]

China Chin - ever remembered for taking on Seniors in his first year as PM . . . . . . and losing. Ever remembered (his missus as well) in the book "On the Take' and the 14 Pantechnicons filled with 'possessions' when leaving 24 Sussex. (If Mulroney don't sue, its gotta be true!). Ever remembered for his acceptance of $300, 000 in cash from Karl-Heinz and his self-righteous attempted Tax Dodge by 'reserving' rather than declaring it as income. Ever remembered for opening up Canada's wealth-producing resources for the Chinese to purchase. Ever remembered for his ready tendency for extravagant rhetoric
("Mr M seems overly fond of the adjective" - Lady Thatcher). Ever remembered with Peter Newman's legally UNchallenged "The Mulroney Tapes" . . . . . and that's for starters!

[redpillbill]

He will be remembered for the GST and thats about it.

[williamjeremiah]

PM of New Brunswick for surgery went to United States, because he doesn't believe Canada health care system and same time Canadian suffering for waiting list of Surgery 😂 it is like a joke😂.

[iokuokrod]

enough already' spending a whole week on his passing f o half the country liked him and half the country hated him' can't you report on something more important more important to all over Canada

[pjimmbojimmbo]

2nd Worst PM, only Herr Harper has a Large Lead on this guy

[Thewestslope]

Great anecdote from Joe Clark! BTW, Clark's senior advisors raved about him when he was minister of External Affairs. Clark listened.

[concernednewfie]

Ill will add 'Mulroney's' to my blocktube banned word list.

[StringersLogic]

Sold out Canadians to the US.
Took too many brown paper bags.

[BudzzableRides]

Every time I see a RCMP officer wearing a religious clown costume I think of Brian.

[ReneGate]

he's dead and he left us we the damn GST.

[patricktruelove]

Today’s Conservative party has fallen a long way. Mulroney wasn’t great, but at least he had a coherent vision for Canada. Now it’s just yell stupid insults and say anything which gets a few clicks.