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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You're wrong. Here is Keegstra: http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc...m/695/index.do
The SCC (specifically, the majority judgment as it was a split decision) held that hate speech of this sort IS protected by section 2(b), regarding freedom of expression. Again: this is protected speech.
However, notwithstanding that protection, s.319 of the criminal code is constitutional, because it prescribes a reasonable limit on freedom of expression that is acceptable in Canadian society. Here is s.319:
[/INDENT]You have to do very specific things in order to be prosecuted under that law. Just being a member of the KKK, or holding bigoted views, is not only not enough, it's totally irrelevant. You have to publicly promote hatred against a group. Whether you're a member of any particular organization when you do so makes zero difference. |
Thanks for that, I am very clearly not a lawyer, and you very clearly are.