Loading ...Proposed ‘hate crime’ bill threatens to convict Canadians before they even break the law
Trudeau’s ‘hate crime’ bill allows the concept of such a crime to be summoned out of thin air.
Leave it to the Canadian prime minister, as many have noted, to translate the central premise of the movie into the realm of public policy. Bill C-261, currently pending before Parliament, proposes to deal with the newly formulated crime of online “hate propaganda” and “hate speech” before said crime has actually been contemplated, let alone occurred, assuming the plaintiff believes that he or she is the intended target of hate. An individual can thus be accused of a crime and made to pay the price — censure, compensatory damages, or even imprisonment — before the event has taken place.
The Bill reads in part:
A person may, with the Attorney General’s consent, lay an information before a provincial court judge if the person fears on reasonable grounds that another person will commit
(a)?an offence under section 318 or subsection 319(1) or (2);
(b)?an offence under subsection 430(4.?1); or
(c)?an offence motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other similar factor.
The net is so broad and finely meshed that scarcely anyone, once accused, can expect to escape prosecution.
Sounds like the Salem witch trials.
Wait a minute: isn’t this arrogant little shithead the one who said “these people are a small fringe minority with unacceptable views, and are often misogynists and racists, and should we tolerate them”
Um, does that qualify as hate speech under his proposed bill? Because if so, then hey, let’s arrest him.
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I wanted to post a big thumbs up but my iPad puts down a question mark instead!