*[https://www.rebelnews.com/ezra_levant_show_september_10_2020 Trudeau appoints convicted criminal to censor Internet freedom] at Rebel News</ref> has a criminal record for illegally climbing the CN Tower in Toronto in 2001 as part of his attention-seeking protest activities;<ref name="convicted criminal"/> such a record, however, does not prohibit Guilbeault from running for or holding public office, as it would if he had instead been convicted, for example, of an illegal practice or a corrupt practice under section 502(3)(a) of the ''Canada Elections Act'' or had been imprisoned for criminal activity,<ref>[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201728E Parliament of Canada - Criminal Charges and Parliamentarians]</ref> which Guilbeault had not been. | *[https://www.rebelnews.com/ezra_levant_show_september_10_2020 Trudeau appoints convicted criminal to censor Internet freedom] at Rebel News</ref> has a criminal record for illegally climbing the CN Tower in Toronto in 2001 as part of his attention-seeking protest activities;<ref name="convicted criminal"/> such a record, however, does not prohibit Guilbeault from running for or holding public office, as it would if he had instead been convicted, for example, of an illegal practice or a corrupt practice under section 502(3)(a) of the ''Canada Elections Act'' or had been imprisoned for criminal activity,<ref>[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201728E Parliament of Canada - Criminal Charges and Parliamentarians]</ref> which Guilbeault had not been. |