A few short days ago, a video was posted in which Nathan Cullen had posted from his personal YouTube account a speech he had made during the debate regarding C-51. The mods had removed it. I hadn't posted the video, but I messaged them about the situation and received responses regarding it's removal. I've felt that recently (in the past 6 months and increasingly) there has been a persistent motive (intentional or otherwise) from the moderators here to suppress content.

I don't believe this has been done in bad faith, and entirely believe they have their opinion of the subreddit's best interest in mind. But I regularly felt that the removal of content, direct from a parliamentary session (and a debate) wasn't in-line with /r/CanadaPolitics.

I took screenshots of the conversations, to be sure, but I too have felt a recent shift towards silencing actual relevant political discussion on this subreddit, for the sake of quite vague rules. I post here because I believe these rules have fostered a positive environment for quite some time. I, as much as anybody, desire a sub where I can avoid the usual pitfalls of /r/Canada when discussing our political scene. Removing direct video of an incident in parliament, due to "Rule #3" may be appropriate in some situations. But as a verbatim response, it really doesn't sit well with me.

Regardless, I hope there is an honest, open and thoughtful discussion held between the members of this forum and the moderators over the next few days/weeks/etc. Its much needed. Its been much needed for a while now. We all want the best for this sub, and I think we should work together - not against - towards the best for this sub. Whatever that may be.