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A Senate bill that would require Canadians to verify their age online before accessing porn is moving through the House of Commons without the support of the Liberal government.

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[–] bitwise@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wrote my MP once in 2021 regarding the reversal of the wholesale broadband rates. Specifically, about how the Vice-Chair of Telecommunications sat down with the President of Bell Media for some beers at a sports game to discuss things after the 2019 court rulings upheld the existing rules set by the Commission.

The result, of course, was a change to the rules.

You're not going to get a real answer from your MPP, just a staffer tasked with boilerplating out an email that could conceivably be construed as an answer to your question/complaint.

[–] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

The staffer has two jobs. Their first job is to send a useless mollifying email. Their second job is to make a tally mark next to the words "PORN AGE GATE -- OPPOSED". (Or these days, probably they click a button on a spreadsheet.)

Writing your MP is like voting. It's useless individually, but in aggregate it will change their behaviour.