Free speech in Canada - America take note!
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that Section 13, Canada's much maligned human rights hate speech law, is an unconstitutional violation of the Charter right to free expression because of its penalty provisions.
The decision released this morning by Tribunal chair Athanasios Hadjis appears to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its controversial legal mandate to pursue hate on the Internet, which it has strenuously defended against complaints of censorship.
It also marks the first major failure of Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, an anti-hate law that was conceived in the 1960s to target racist telephone hotlines, then expanded in 2001 to the include the entire Internet, and for the last decade used almost exclusively by one complainant, activist Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman.
Sources: American Thinker: Free Speech in Canada
The International Free Press Society: Ezra Levant: A great day for freedom of Speech (In Canada) -
Video clip of Ezra at the HRC answering a rather central question to this debate.
Tags: Canada, free speech, hate speech, human rights To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
The decision released this morning by Tribunal chair Athanasios Hadjis appears to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its controversial legal mandate to pursue hate on the Internet, which it has strenuously defended against complaints of censorship.
It also marks the first major failure of Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, an anti-hate law that was conceived in the 1960s to target racist telephone hotlines, then expanded in 2001 to the include the entire Internet, and for the last decade used almost exclusively by one complainant, activist Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman.
Sources: American Thinker: Free Speech in Canada
The International Free Press Society: Ezra Levant: A great day for freedom of Speech (In Canada) -
Video clip of Ezra at the HRC answering a rather central question to this debate.
Tags: Canada, free speech, hate speech, human rights To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
Posted by Bill Smith at 1:39 PM - Post Link
1 Comments:
Well, I think free-speech/hate speech depend on individual point of view very much. One can consider something to be a part of freedom of speech, but other may think it's hateful. Still, I guess freedom of expression and non-hate don't really go together.
Best regards,
Elli
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