Balgord was one of three experts who testified before the committee on Tuesday. All three described the rise of far-right extremism in Canada, enabled by social media.
"They're not all racist, they're not all violent," said Balgord. "Not all people on January 6 were either. There were groups in those midsts that decided that they were going to try to do a coup and they swept up a lot of the other people there. Perry said the convoy protest demonstrated a capacity to organize on a large scale through encrypted and unencrypted social media platforms.
Perry called for better law enforcement intelligence, saying police failed to properly evaluate the nature of the convoy protest. She also pointed out that some officers donated to the convoy or shared online conspiracy theories and misinformation. Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds on January 15, 2022 in Florence, Arizona.
Representatives of Facebook's owner Meta, meanwhile, told the committee that it monitored groups and accounts related to the truck convoy 24/7 once the convoy began and did not see hate speech or violent content in association with the protest.
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Leftist r haters! You r being groomed to hate anything that opposes the Government! Grooming people through media propaganda should be against the law CBC ….. you r helping the government divide people and create haters ….. shame on u ! THE WORLD IS WATCHING!
I suppose Trudeau addressing the situation and trying to mend the divide he created is out of the question….. hiding is so much easier than facing the TRUTH!
What about the far left extremism who is going to regulate them
I agree, however they need the power to call out Governments, Media and other Officials who openly Lie, withhold information and hidden information to achieve ideological goals not in Canadians or worlds best interests. Example Trudeau shunned by world leaders as a dictator, FIX?
Anti social media enables these behaviours
Lot of hypocrites
But far left extremism is ok? 🤔🤔
I’ve never , ever came across any of these hate groups anywhere in my life. Not online not out on the streets. I haven’t even heard anybody even mention anything about any of these groups ypu speak of. I personally think it’s a bunch of BS.
How about far left extremist like your news org?
The government should abolish the CBC?
The federal goverment should stop funding silly news networks that would never make it with their silly pretend journalism in the private market… Agree ?
Only in Canada would the taxpayer have to fund a hate agency and call it anti-hate.
how about far-left groups? is ok whit those?
defund CBC
Conservatives should be scared.
What about far LEFT extremism.
I hope they do something about the super hateful anti-hate groups too, some of the most hateful I've ever seen!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You're just concerned that Twitter will now expose the misinformation coming from the CBC and all other media that Justin is paying off!
🤣🤣🤣 ok commie
Damn right wingers..
Be carful csuse it can be used by conservatives against non whites and non christians
With actual nazis and nazi collaborators in parliament, that would just give them a free ticket to silence any form od dissenting opinion...
No, people should just use common sense!
How about far-left extremism? Why not fight all extremism?
Does this include the hate group ANTIFA ?
Why is this still an issue? I thought Feds was setting up a new department in 2022. Criminals are taking advantage of Canadians everyday-telephone, email you name it. All wireless mostly! All wireless that banks & every retail person wants cause it's easy to get Customer $$.
Who is gonna scrutinize the far left - you know the ones that often offer death threats and burn shit?
That would make the CBC have to determine what is considered ‘far right extremism’ and ‘hate propaganda’. Given it’s left leanings it would mean we’re all banned…
What about the far left groups? Do they get a pass?
Balgord is clearly a tyrant, by his own words. He’s frightening. What single “regulator” will decide who’s door gets kicked down? This is exactly the motivation behind Musk buying Twitter - to stop censorship and politicians from being the gate keepers of information.
Isn't the Canadian Anti-Hate Network the group that manufactures hate to stay relevant and gain lucrative government grants?
Why just far-right? Is not far-left extremists just as dangerous?
What about you lesser than Black face voters? Who regulates your constant Hatred?
Does that include Trudeau's hate speech, propaganda & lies?
Cbc is at risk of free speech online, and defunding in the real world. Bad time to be a CBC employee.
Stop it.
Yes
Why only far-right extremism, I would say ALL extremism, ALL hate and violence, right or left. Why is that many people easily condone far-left hate?
You must be referring to that so-called “anti-hate” group that libels women for wanting boundaries and safe spaces… Really, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Yet more propaganda from the communist station.
Unless crimes are committed with evidence that is clear for condemning the perpetrator this makes no sense. Pre crime/thought crime does not belong in Canada but in dictatorships like CCP and Russia and others. Remember the uygers in China? They were pre criminals sent to camps
So you just forget about the Woke Left causing the Real Problems. Now we know where CBC Stands. Sure just blame the other side for what you are doing. Sounds like a DemoQuack.
Careful, your bias is showing! You do know that hate is an emotion, right? You can't really regulate emotions, only ACTIONS from emotions can be managed. Regulators with power to force things, not sure I like the sound of THAT. What about far left extremism, that's OK!?
We need the federal government to appoint a regulator for everything anyone does. We can’t just allow people to do or say whatever they want! If you don’t think and feel and speak the current narrative, you should be canceled and shut down permanently!
What about far left extremism Equally dangerous. Equally full of hate and intolerance.
Since the CRTC is govt control and proven useless,I also agree that a regulator separate from govt should be appointed. However this regulator could also investigate the poisonous leftist state media that spreads disinformation and bias reporting.
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network is a taxpayer funded organization that promotes hate against women's organizations that are fighting for women's rights.
Shut up CBC you leftist radical company!! Maybe you should release the truth about dictator Trudeau!!
Ah yes, the Justin propaganda outlet, aka CBC, once again gaslighting with one of their favorite irrelevant topics to further their extremist authoritarian alt-left agenda. Little wonder MSM has zero credibility.
Obviously the CBC and radical left’s opinions are the objective standard for “far right extremism”
And far left extremists….or that’s fine?
😂 They couldn't even leave it at extremism... They have to be clear... they only care about controlling/suppressing what they consider 'right wing' influences Politics Canada
Transparent processes are part of ensuring a more fair participation in the political processes that led to large discrepancies among populations.
DefundTheCBC
with all due respect.... Balls! Canada
Far-right, so like wearing blackface to entertain your far-right peers?
Oh stop crazy nannies, you are making everything too extreme. The world is not as bad as you think. Worry about the crazy murderous wars and stop worrying about dinner conversations across the country.
wow... tax dollars at work here folks.... Looks like elonmusk restoring free speech has JustinTrudeau state run dystopian media dilutional about restoring thought control 1984 TrudeauNationalDisgrace DefundTheCBC
Let not mention the far left extremist that would be too reality based for to post on twitter, besides the 'anti hate group' is probably just as full of hate as the groups they're calling out.
We still believe we live in a free country. They keep chipping away those rights. Corporate cartels control our food, water and utilities. Government more and more controls our thoughts and speech.
What about far-left extremism (extreme socialists and communists) ? Hitler was part of the far left....
Prime minister blackface is on it.sunny days
Ahh nope. Theae people are mentally ill.
CBC and Trudeau libs are the true extremists. It’s just a mater of time before the censorship includes anyone that disagrees with the govt and govt bought and paid media. Next will be certain churches and religions. Mostly Christian.We are on a slippery slope my Canadian friends.
Meanwhile the left has been burning up cities accross the USA and caused police casualties and left wing media buried it under the rug.
We do NOT need brown shirts for your ministry of Truth, stop promoting fascism
Police social media platform lol 😂 why not police politicians and make them disclose information. Police cbc or cnn and make them disclose truthful information
And far left
Regulate my nutsack cbcisfakenews
Notice how these sell-out media outlets have sold their souls to the Liberal/Democratic parties, who act on their behalf on a whim. The gig is up, everyone is awake and knows what's up.
Less news every day, more woke opinion. If CBC cannot centre Indigenous, Trans, Muslim or BIPOC, then it is not worthy of coverage.
i wonder if the canadain govt will try and freeze Tesla sales or tax them in relations to elonmusk
I think there should be a regulator for the press. There should be an act you're held accountable to. 3 or more retractions should flag you for review to determine licensing. In University, I have to provide credible sources to backup my arguments, or I'm kicked out...
Guess they're under the impression people can't possibly have an intellect to tweet everything they tweet.
Lmaoooooo u didn’t care when the Libs were the only ones that could promote hate which I condone on both sides
F🍁ck you, F🍁ck Trudeau!
Hmm could we maybe do that to get Epsteins blk book or expose the 2.7 billion $ human trafficking ring, or maybe CBC pay out oops mean bail out from the feds, or Clinton Foundation or maybe the corruption in our federal government or being able to get a non biased judge for JT
DefundTheCBC
The fact that you have to convince elected officials to buy into measures that improve social relations reveals that they are more invested in what keeps people divided. One day their Machiavellian way of governing is going to backfire.
And should make them to the same for their support of far left extremism
What about far-left extremism? Or would that end up with social media disclosing information on the liberals and NDP.
And the “far left” ? I guess they don’t exist in the eyes of polarized CBC.
That is an absurd idea. Does that include liberal hate towards the working class?
hahahahahahhaha defund the cbc
no thanks. cowards afraid of text on Twitter should just log off.
Yes they should JustinTrudeau cafreeland
So Evan Balgord thinks Canadian women should have their hard drives seized because we object to violent male offenders, including rapists, being housed in women's prisons? Good to know.
Ombudsman are useless in real life! Ie: ombudsmanTO Ont_Ombudsman
Sounds like the communist are hard at work. I am sure the liberals and NDP will appoint unbiased people. Goodbye CBC
. We don't even police Far Left groups ... .
That’s how it started in Russia! Don’t fall for that!
You keep trying to sell this threat, but it's just not there. I would be with you if it was. People believe their lives. The wannabe left controls education, media, and most of big tech, and they have done more damage than all the boogeymen CBC propaganda tries to push.
Government paid media reports on government funded organization advising the government to censor people/organizations who aren’t government controlled. EverybodyKnows WeSeeYou
Who determines what 'far-right extremism' is? The Liberal Party, who define 'far right' as anyone opposing the Liberal Party?
Here come the authoritarians, people. Stamp it out now or make sure your passports are in order.
Hopefully they'll be more competent than the 'anti-hate group' who never checked the source of the antisemitic flag photo supposedly from the freedom convoy and that was actually taken Miami 😱
If only there was a regulator to prevent these anti-hate groups from placing their swinish mouths at the trough of taxpayer funding, while simultaneously lobbying the federal government to curtail our rights.
Do you mean the Anti-Hate Network that is targeting women's groups, saying that women are hateful for wanting to have our name and our safe spaces--our Charter rights--boundaries? Anti-Hate Canada Network is acting as an arm of the government,pushing the Liberal gov't narrative.
Tell us, WHO to define what is 'far right extremism'? By the woke and progressive radical leftists?
What about far-left extremism? Oh sorry that means you CBC, don't want to hurt yourself do you
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So what you’re really saying is anyone that doesn’t kiss Trudeau’s ass will be the actual targets.
Dear God, the solution to everything is a regulator? It seems to me that these anti-hate groups warrant some well-deserved hatred, contempt, and ridicule from Canadians that are concerned about the erosion of free speech in this country.
What about far-left extremism? (like the CBC, perhaps)
More propaganda by the cbc, can’t wait until you’re defunded
I have questions such as why are you so determined to bother me and others like myself when all I've ever asked from you twits is to be left alone?
Who decides what is far right extremism? You? So is being a capitalist gonna be far right? Is protesting against drfecits gonna be far right? This is BS. Make laws that stipulate what is a crime. It must not violate the Charter
You forgot to mention the far left like ANTiFA or are only conservatives getting doxxed ?
And the far-left!
What a load of bs. Cbc you are biased and have your own narrative. These aren’t far right extreme idea, merely Canadians wanting to be heard!
so far left freedom of speech is ok, but far right freedom of speech isn't. from the far left of course, comrades
Hey elonmusk how you going to handle this?
Those who already think he is a tyrant would freak even more 😳😳😳
Agree
CBC is far left.
Nothing to see here. Just state media discriminatory segregationists against human rights and freedom pushing the division and hate narrative funded by the federal government.
This is how it begins, shame on you.
This is exactly why we needed Musk to buy Twittter.
Can we have CBC monitored for their misinformation and one-sided reporting? Not be allowed to report lies repeatedly and then quietly retract them? If they say it on air, they must retract it on air
'An anti-hate group'. These people are the biggest extremists out there. Why is the CBC working so closely with antifa type groups now anyway?
what about far left extremism, the leader of the ndp (and many of his followers) talk about the wealthy like white supremacists talk about legal immigration. How about banning teachers who once wore Che Guevara tee-shirts from indoctrinating kids in school?There are legions.
What about far left extremists, one is as bad as the other.
Y’all are so scrambling right now…. This is all so wicked awesome. Luvin it 😆😆
Far left is totally okay though right?
An anti-hate group that hates right wing people? Got it
Real question..this is parody right? If its not..its further proof of the death of journalism in Canada.. DefundCBC DefundTheCBC
who cares? I hate stuff.
LOL. If they just said 'extremism' that would be respectable. However, they only focused on half of extremism which means they are 100% fine with the other half of extremism. We are not a serious country.
Lol. Federal government. Nuff said.
I truly believe that if all conservatives were gone tomorrow and the left had no one else to attack they would tear themselves appart.
Fine with me as long as we disclose far left extremism too 🤷♂️
So the liberal hate groups on the left are good to go !
Cbc catching up n=to the CNN fake news
I don't like anti hate groups speaking for me. Its weird
Almost every week I see some news story where Trudeau or Biden, CBC or CNN you can pick your poison. Try to group all conservatives into the far right catagory. That in itself is fuelling hate. I see far more hate coming from the left on Twitter than anything else.
What about far-left extremism?
“Kick down the doors of Facebook and take their hard drives”..... Yeah right..
… and corrupt govt funded legacy media companies like CBC as well. cdnpoli
Regulated by the far left extremism. 🤣🤣🤣
Trudeau has only been in power for 7 years, but he’s already rolled the clock back to 1984.
Why stop at far-right extremism?
'A threat to our democracy' in Canada, just means a threat to the current media narrative. Am I wrong?...
Too late it already exists.
Social media bans all 'hate groups' Right wingers form their own groups on other platforms. Now the government has to find and monitor thousands of conservative chats. This is how you know your not dealing with smart people.
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