A woman in Chilliwack was recently arrested by the RCMP for allegedly posting discriminatory and harmful language on social media, specifically targeting the South Asian community. This arrest has ignited a national debate in Canada about freedom of speech, with many defending the woman.
“There are two lines when it comes to your speech or your expression that we have legally… One is a line of violating someone else’s human rights… The other is in regards to hate speech or advocating genocide – those things are prohibited under the criminal code.”
“In the US, your constitutional rights are almost absolute in that the government cannot infringe on them… But in Canada our constitution is considered what’s called a ‘living tree’ so it evolves and the interpretation of the document changes while our society changes…”
