Canadian Human Rights Commission Goes After Free Speech

by Adam Daifallah
Hudson NY
June 22, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1479/canadian-human-rights-commission-goes-after-free

Excerpt:

One of the greatest protections Americans have against Islamists, and the threat they pose, are the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment. Never take them for granted, for most countries, even some Western allies, do not benefit from such a bulwark against illiberal forces.

In Canada, for instance, freedom of speech is not constitutionally guaranteed to the same degree it is in America. And those wishing for a glimpse into how forces sympathetic to Islamism will try to influence (read: stifle) public debate about the Muslim faith should be aware of recent Canadian experiences.

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