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He's not just a denier, he's not just using free speech. He's a publisher of hate crimes.
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Is he? He's a publisher of ridiculous tripe, for sure, but after having read the entirety of the wiki article, I fail to see how the books he published ("Did Six Million Really Die?") are a
crime. Anyone is free to publish a book stating that the universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, yet somehow it's a crime to publish an equally absurd book claiming the Holocaust didn't occur?
Zundel was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Canada in his original 1988 trial, with the verdict claiming that he had a right guaranteed by the Charter to publish whatever nonsense he wanted.
The way I see it is this:
If members of the KKK lynch a black man, they deserve to be thrown in prison.
If members of the KKK attend a rally, speak of the "inferior negro race", publish books about white supremecy, but don't actually physically harm anyone, they've committed no crime in my view. They're free to say and publish whatever nonsense they want, and the rest of us are free to scoff at them for being a bunch of ignorant racist pigs.
And so it is with neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. They're free to write and speak about whatever craziness they want; they haven't broken any just law until a Jewish person is physically harmed as a direct result of their actions.