Posted on 03/15/2024 7:55:51 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Free speech advocates around the world railed against a new Canadian law that could demand a life sentence for adults who violate speech laws on social media.
Introduced last month, the Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63, would empower judges to imprison adults for life if they post views supportive of genocide. The bill would increase the maximum penalty for advocating genocide from five years to life imprisonment and from two years to five years, on indictment, for the willful promotion of hatred.
Advocates of the bill say it will make online platforms safer. However, critics called the law "totalitarian" and "Orwellian" for its crackdown on speech. The bill also allows a judge to impose house arrest and a fine if there are reasonable grounds to believe a defendant "will commit" an offense.
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Yep.
Canada has gone from imprisoning and reeducating natives to imprisoning and reeducating natives.
The ''thought police" are here.
It’s coming this way, and the masses want it.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
What a shame.
Canada used to be the “designated driver” for North America.
The USA could go into its crazy-mode, but Canada was always
there to remind us that we had over-imbibed some theory or
fad and that they were there to make sure that we got home
safely.
Like so many others, those days are sadly gone.
Of course not- as soon as the gov there learns that it can deny freedom of speech, the sky is the limit in regards to denying ANY god given right
Subtext: If you’re going to be imprisoned because someone doesn’t like what you say, might as well take the extra step and make your imprisonment worthwhile. Because you’re getting jailed either way.
Justin just making things so he can’t lose an election ,ever
Will this be applied to all the "From the River to the Sea" Hamas supporters?
A good State Department would issue a travel warning re: Canada over things like this. But of course, we don’t have that.
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