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"“Today, I am very proud that Bill C-16 has passed the House of Commons. This Bill would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. It also proposes to amend the Criminal Code to add gender identity or expression to the definition of "identifiable group" for the purpose of the hate propaganda offences and to the list of aggravating circumstances for hate-crime sentencing."
As with all well meaning legislation in the past, the repercussions will result in repression. This is a country which has had a twitter trial, and has fined comedians tens of thousands of dollars over people being offended, but they don't learn.
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin: Gender Pronouns and the Free Speech War (Full Interview)
from today
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - BILL C-16 Debate
"“Today, I am very proud that Bill C-16 has passed the House of Commons. This Bill would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. It also proposes to amend the Criminal Code to add gender identity or expression to the definition of "identifiable group" for the purpose of the hate propaganda offences and to the list of aggravating circumstances for hate-crime sentencing."
As with all well meaning legislation in the past, the repercussions will result in repression. This is a country which has had a twitter trial, and has fined comedians tens of thousands of dollars over people being offended, but they don't learn.
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin: Gender Pronouns and the Free Speech War (Full Interview)
from today
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - BILL C-16 Debate