Canada Ping!
Posted on 02/27/2013 10:45:20 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
Canada’s human rights hate speech laws are a constitutionally valid limit on freedom of expression, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in a landmark judgment.
The judgment in the case of William Whatcott of Saskatchewan reaffirms the Canadian approach to hate speech, that it can be limited by law to address the problem of hate speech, unlike the American approach, in which speech cannot be limited except in the most extreme circumstances.
But it upheld the controversial legal concept of speech that is “likely to expose” certain groups to hatred.
“The difficulty of establishing causality and the seriousness of the harm to vulnerable groups justifies the imposition of preventive measures that do not require proof of actual harm," the judgement reads.
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Our future played out so casually in our view, yet no one seems to care while we travel down this inevitable road to ruin.. Coming attractions, soon to be playing in a forum near you.. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID... :(
Canada Ping!
Actually, we have both, but the rights that were enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms now have less protection than the rights acquired through centuries of English Common Law and the traditional limitations imposed on the Crown by Parliament (in our system the executive branch must have the support of the legislative branch). The most glaring contrast is that the right to property, which was deliberately excluded from Charter, is better protected than free speech, which is covered by the Charter. It is for this reason that many Canadian conservatives would like to see the Charter repealed.
Actually, we have both, but the rights that were enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms now have less protection than the rights acquired through centuries of English Common Law and the traditional limitations imposed on the Crown by Parliament (in our system the executive branch must have the support of the legislative branch). The most glaring contrast is that the right to property, which was deliberately excluded from Charter, is better protected than free speech, which is covered by the Charter. It is for this reason that many Canadian conservatives would like to see the Charter repealed.
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Exactly so.
Does this also protect the pedophiles and crap?
The lamps are going out all over
the West, we shall not see them lit
again in our time.
Why does the Supreme Court itself get to use speech that is “likely to expose” certain groups to hatred"?
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