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Not illegal Speech
Medicine Hat, Comments 08/14/08
Winnipeg Free Press The article, in question, is based on a false premise, that Canadians HAVE Freedom of Speech. The Charter of Rights limits any free speech to that which can be justified and lawful. It states, in part: | That it is”…subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.” It also says: Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: a) freedom of conscience and religion; b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and d) freedom of association | | | The problem is that Canadians have none of these freedoms. A freedom cannot be limited. If it is, then it is not freedom. If we have Freedom of Speech, why are individuals charged for spreading so-called hate literature or a message of “hate”? Who says it is hate? Why should any speech be limited? And if this church is prevented from expressing their belief, who will be next? Just ask Ezra Levant who was charges by the Alberta Human Rights Commission for spreading hateful pictures in his defunct magazine, spent over $100,000 dollars to defend himself and only after 900 days of persecution, was finally exonerated. In the article, the writer states that MP Pat Martin and the Public Safety department “has concluded” that the churches message is “hate speech”. That may be their opinion, but it is not fact, justified and affirmed by a court of law. No one has been charged and proven guilty for anything that has or may have been said. On that basis, the churches views and expressions are just as justified as anyone else’s. If you don’t like their views, you have the opportunity to express them to the church. However, the problem is that your view will be acceptable, while theirs are not. So you will try to stop their Freedom of Expression, by classifying it as hate, or obnoxious, or intolerant, thereby trying to limit their ability to communicate their honestly held beliefs, while you carry on your Freedom to express yours. What makes your freedom more valuable than theirs? Free Speech, in Canada, is an oxy-moron. Terrance LeBlanc | |
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