Loading ...CANADA – Ontario to Jordan Peterson — you have the right to remain tweetless
Anything you tweet can and will be held against you by a professional oversight body. This looks to be the law of the land in Ontario, at least.
“When individuals join a regulated profession, they do not lose their charter right to freedom of expression. At the same time, however, they take on obligations and must abide by the rules of their regulatory body that may limit their freedom of expression.”
This effectively gives professional bodies carte blanche to police their members’ conduct online — a truly distressing prospect.
Expression isn’t exactly “free” when one false step online can get one booted from a profession they spent years training to join (and quite possibly saddled with a mountain of now unpayable student debt). Indeed, the ruling out of Ontario makes sharing thoughts on social media the digital equivalent of playing Russian roulette for anyone with a framed diploma hanging somewhere in their office.
Canada is Ontario, unfortunately. Economic dislocation, and the resulting Quebec separation will end all that in due time. Perhaps then Jordan Peterson can speak freely in some of the various countries that prioritized freedom as they threw off the fascist yoke which is Ontario’s idea of good governance. Can’t wait! Ontario is Michigan in a dress.
Temporary solution….post under a pseudo name …Peter Jordanson…but everyone knows who you are
Anthony Furey: Why the Jordan Peterson Ruling Should Concern Us All – https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/anthony-furey-why-the-jordan-peterson-ruling-should-concern-us-all-5480276?
“This ruling is going to send a free speech chill to anyone in a regulated profession. They’re going to think twice now before they make any public comment that doesn’t fit the very narrow window of what’s currently considered an acceptable view.
This is a problem. A big problem. It’s why the Peterson ruling is wrong and why, by fighting it, the famed author is standing up for the basic free speech rights of all of us.”