Discussion · Government Orders
Karim Bardeesy Liberal
“Our laws already clearly define what hate speech is. The new commission will follow those existing laws, just like the police do.”
“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate and identify with many of the desires of the freedom of speech and the fundamental protections that exist in the charter. We have provisions in our hate crimes legislation that are very clear about the difference between, for instance, speech that seeks to vilify or dehumanize and other forms of speech. I believe the existing pieces of legislation we have will be looked at closely by the digital safety commission, just as they are looked at by any police service that has to enforce them.”
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate and identify with many of the desires of the freedom of speech and the fundamental protections that exist in the charter. We have provisions in our hate crimes legislation that are very clear about the difference between, for instance, speech that seeks to vilify or dehumanize and other forms of speech. I believe the existing pieces of legislation we have will be looked at closely by the digital safety commission, just as they are looked at by any police service that has to enforce them.