# Update note — Nico Lagan YouTube video and renewed 35-page memo search

Date: 2026-07-14  
User-provided YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzgB31_jWrM  
Video title: **LEAKED: Government Memo Wants to Sue Canadians Over 'False and Misleading' Posts**  
Channel: Nico Lagan  
Upload date in metadata: 2026-07-07  
Duration: 3,698 seconds

## What the YouTube video added

The video cites the same underlying Blacklock’s Reporter story and Toronto Sun/Postmedia article already used in the NewsForBC source check. It does **not** provide a direct public PDF/download of the 35-page memo. It did, however, point clearly to the Toronto Sun article, which contains additional details not originally foregrounded in the NewsForBC story.

## More precise identification of the 35-page memo/report

The Toronto Sun/Postmedia article identifies the record as:

- **Date:** March 31
- **Title:** *Misinformation And Disinformation Strategy*
- **Length:** 35 pages
- **Office/context:** memo to Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, obtained under Access to Information according to Blacklock’s/Postmedia.

Additional reported lines from the memo include:

- Objective: “to establish a plan that will prevent, detect and respond to false or misleading information.”
- Managers “already monitor the department’s official social media channels and media outlets on a daily basis for comments and recurring inaccuracies.”
- New measures would “transition from a reactive stance to one that is focused on prevention and early detection.”
- Social media was considered among the channels where misinformation related to the department’s mandate is most likely to appear or spread.
- The department would determine whether posts were “factually incorrect, misleading or out of context.”
- The memo acknowledged risk of “further backlash,” and warned that responding to misinformation can unintentionally amplify it.

## Further source checked

FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch article independently discusses the memo and Blacklock’s report, but also does not expose the full 35-page record. It emphasizes that the “legal action” section is obscured by a black redaction bar and says it is unclear what type of action was contemplated.

FIRE article: https://www.fire.org/news/blogs/free-speech-dispatch/canada-considering-action-against-false-and-misleading-information

## Renewed full-report search result

Searches using the now-known title *Misinformation And Disinformation Strategy*, exact quoted lines, “March 31 memo,” and Open Canada ATI searches did **not** locate a public PDF/full package. Open Canada returned no matching ATI record for the exact title as of this update. The status remains:

**Report more precisely identified; full 35-page ATI package still not publicly retrieved by NewsForBC.**