It is easy enough to conclude from this that the people who brought us the Magna Carta 1,000 years ago have lost their minds

... It is easy enough to conclude from this that the people who brought us the Magna Carta 1,000 years ago have lost their minds, abandoned the concept of free speech and embraced cancel culture — yes, cancel culture — with a vigour once reserved for East Germany’s notorious Stasi.

What is more important, however, is for Canadians to understand just how close their country is to following suit.

The Online Harms Act currently before Parliament is not as severe as Britain’s laws governing online speech. Yes, it does equate hate mongers to Paul Bernardo-style serial killers by calling for life sentences for inciting genocide. But, unlike the U.K., Canada, thank God, has an actual Charter of Rights and Freedoms that protects freedom of expression provided physical harm isn’t expressly called for against an identifiable group ...

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