The facts: Silencing Canadian voices
In a democracy, individuals and organizations have a right to free speech, including the rights to express dissent and advocate diverse views. In a democracy, government institutions have a responsibility to share their knowledge, to ensure that decision-making is informed and transparent, and ensure that citizens can hold the government to account.
Unfortunately, in recent years, there has been a steady erosion of these democratic principles. Canadian organizations and individuals who disagree with the government have been attacked, bullied, intimidated, muzzled, censored, marginalized and defunded. Canada's institutions for knowledge and research have been abolished, sabotaged, undermined, and weakened.
This does not reflect our traditional Canadian values of respect for democracy, free speech, transparency, equality, and respect for one another.
Attacks on Knowledge
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Attacks on Organizations
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Legal Cases
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Send Us Facts
Has the government tried to silence you or your organization, or others you know of? Has it targeted you or your organization for speaking up? Has it interfered with your access to knowledge from public institutions?
Disrespect for the rights to dissent and advocacy has serious implications for our democracy, including consequences for free speech, transparency and equality. Help the Voices-Voix Coalition hold the government to account. Send us the facts!
Click on contact, or download the form below and send it to: communications at voices-voix.ca
Note: Submissions are anonymous. We fact-check and edit any information you send. We reserve the right to not publish material that is insufficiently relevant to our mandate.
Targeted for Speaking Up
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Seeking Justice
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