Die Regierung zum Tisch am Freitag kriminalisiert die Verwendung bestimmter Symbole, um den Hass zu fördern
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hate-symbols-bill-1.7636559
Die Regierung zum Tisch am Freitag kriminalisiert die Verwendung bestimmter Symbole, um den Hass zu fördern
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hate-symbols-bill-1.7636559
7 Kommentare
Man, small ‚l‘ liberalism really is not doing so hot. We are banning the letters ‚PB‘ buffeted by wreaths?
We fought a world war against the forces of the swastika, then we went home and nearly every veteran and holocaust survivor grew old and died without anyone feeling the need to destroy our free speech tradition in the name of protecting people from that symbol. Today’s leaders are obviously cut from a different cloth.
Jesus christ I hate the way we legislate crime in this country.
Putting aside the debate on whether or not we want to criminalize speech, this is an ass-backwards way of doing.
Stop adding more crime. We can expand the definition of existing crime if needed.
We don’t need theft and theft of oysters as different crimes
[The Kach symbol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kach) will be included, right? Because this [terrorist-listed entity](https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-en.aspx#42) is [alive and well in Canada](https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-09-12/ty-article/.premium/jewish-far-right-extremists-show-up-at-pro-palestinian-events-in-toronto/00000191-e69b-d383-a5d3-f69be55c0000?gift=ab8eb2938a13421398880e14e23ef2c9), and has more than a few ties (look at the [signatories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Weinstein) of [this](https://cwaa.ca/so/34Pa-Q8KH/c?w=4CXgXwrcWMfR_0L5Czfon1kWEKDrbJqE-rYSRTlhxuE.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9jd2FhLmNhL3NvLzM0UGEtUThLSD9sYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbiIsIm0iOiJtYWlsIiwiYyI6IjNkNmFhOTk3LWE1ODMtNGQ0ZC05M2EzLTllM2Y0YTQ2NjEyNiJ9)) to the [Conservative Party](https://www.instagram.com/p/DIY5Pz4gjvi/).
>If passed, it would, for example, make it a crime for someone to promote hatred against Jewish people using Hamas flags or swastika signs outside a synagogue.
It’s kind of weird that this wasn’t already a crime? I do think some people were far too comfortable using symbols of terrorist groups so I kind of support this
Oh man, and here I was a few days ago praising this government for tackling this problem through obstruction/intimidation offences rather than criminalizing more speech. This is the first thing this government has done that I viscerally hate. I thought we were leaving behind this Trudeau-era urge to content police in favour of traditional liberal values, like freedom of expression. We’re getting a full demo on how important this value is south of the border, but I guess the Liberals want to jump on that train?
I hope this provision fails, but my expectations are low. The CPC will — in spite of their supposed fidelity to free speech — probably support this because, anti-Zionist protestors will be predominantly targeted. Forget the NDP. And of course the Trudeau-stacked Senate isn’t going to push back, because this is frankly the type of bill they would propose if recent history is any guide. This also makes me more worried about this government’s successor to the Online Harms bill.
EDIT: At the very least this offence has a specific *mens rea* requirement, but that’s really the bare minimum. I hope the courts aren’t blinded by this language coopted from other, narrower offences.
This is so incredibly wrong, and an affront to free expression in this country.
If a symbol offends you, you are the problem.
All Canadians have a right to disagree with or promote any ideology, so long as they do it peacefully and don’t cross into the already established thresholds for hate speech.
What’s happening now is peaceful expression is being criminalized, and it’ll only serve to further restrict the boundaries of free speech as every interest group comes out and labels everything they disagree with as “hateful”.
Nope. Not okay. I don’t like those groups any more than most do, but I’m not okay with government censorship and their attempts to police/restrict speech and expression. Liberals pushing this type of BS, Conservatives needling the Liberals for having „*failed to take action*“; why the hell are we okay with both major parties going full authoritarian on speech here? Can we not have a viable option that actually respects people’s ability to make their own choices?