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Harmful speech has been fought and settled over a long period of time in Canada, and there is a lot of case law around in it, it's governed by Canada's criminal
by neom 3y ago
Harmful speech has been fought and settled over a long period of time in Canada, and there is a lot of case law around in it, it's governed by Canada's criminal code.
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-319.html https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-319.ht...
It's expected the new bill will be based on this, we won't really know the implications till case law is settled.
- cperciva 3y agoHate speech has a lot of case law around it. The fact they're inventing a new term "harmful speech" makes me think they're trying to avoid that case law.
- AlexandrB 3y agoIt does sound like a weasel word, like "assault weapon".
- faeriechangling 3y agoHis plan to me doesn't read as narrowly focused on hate speech.