April 27: ‘Maybe now would be an appropriate time for Justin Trudeau to formally apologize … for his own behaviour.’ PM faces backlash over inquiry into Aga Khan trip, plus other letters to the editor
: It would be educational to know how much due diligence was done by Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce before they committed gobs of money to the richest man in the world. Some of it is an unsecured loan.I hope Russia’s Tass news agency doesn’t need a loan. The reliability of the news seems about the same.With his simplistic view of free speech, Elon Musk longs to open up the internet to right-wing messaging that seems at best misleading and frequently incorrect.
By putting their money where Mr. Musk’s mouth is, the leaders of Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce show me distressingly poor judgment.An apparent advocate for free speech, Elon Musk has bought Twitter and says he will make some changes. Perhaps he can preserve free speech and bring an end to outrageous, dangerous and obscene dialogue on that site by following the example of responsible newspapers in their letters-to-the-editor policies.
Most newspapers of quality do not allow anonymous comments. If that cannot be done, there’s no hope for useful “free speech” on the internet.