> every statement he has ever made on the issue that I can find focuses on compelled speech That's the problem: his speech isn't being compelled. Bill C-16 doe

> every statement he has ever made on the issue that I can find focuses on compelled speech That's the problem: his speech isn't being compelled. Bill C-16 doesn't compel* anyone[1]. It makes two changes. 1) "gender identity or expression" is added to the list of possible aggravating circumstances tha should be taken into consideration during sentencing. For this to affect anyone, they first have to be found guilty of some crime. 2) "gender identity or expression" is added[2] to a list of "identifiable groups" that might be targeted for genocide. For this to affect anyone they must [318 (2) (a)] "kill members of the group", or [318 (2) (b)] "deliberately inflict on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction". Both (a) and (b) require "intent to destroy in destroy in whole or in part any identifiable group. If Peterson insists he could be affected, he must either be committing some other crime against trans-people or plotting their genocide. Instead, the simpler - and more plausible - explanation is that he doesn't know what he's talking about. [1] http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/first-reading http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/first-re... [2] http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-73.html#h-93 http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-73.html#h-...