Trudeau's Online Harms Bill Threatens Canadians' Basic Rights, Pro-freedom Group Warns

Anthony Murdoch : Mar 15, 2024
LifeSiteNews.com

"If passed into law, the Act will expose you, along with every other Canadian, to being prosecuted by the Canadian Human Rights Commission over anything you say that someone else might view as 'hateful.'"' -the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

[LifeSiteNews.com] One of Canada's leading pro-freedom constitutional groups warned that the federal government's Online Harms Act is a dangerous piece of legislation that is not only an "assault" on free speech but will be used to take away "basic rights" by allowing the return of "Kangaroo courts." (Image: Unsplash-Brian Wangenheim)

"The Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) is the most aggressive assault against free speech in modern Canadian history," the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) posted Monday on X.

"If passed into law, the Act will expose you, along with every other Canadian, to being prosecuted by the Canadian Human Rights Commission over anything you say that someone else might view as 'hateful.'"

The Online Harms Act was introduced by Justice Minister Arif Virani in the House of Commons in February and has already passed its first reading.

The bill will modify existing laws, amending the Criminal Code as well as the Canadian Human Rights Act, in what the Liberals under Justin Trudeau claim will target certain cases of internet content removal, notably those involving child sexual abuse and pornography.

Details of the new legislation to regulate the internet, however, show the bill could lead to more people jailed for life for "hate crimes" or fined $50,000 and jailed for posts that the government defines as "hate speech" based on gender, race, or other categories.

The JCCF, constitutional groups, lawyers, pro-life groups, and prominent Canadians such as Jordan Peterson have warned the public about Trudeau's Online Harms Act.

The aforementioned individual and groups have said Trudeau's new bill is a full-on assault against Canadians' freedom of speech, which will be severely impacted by the new bill should it become law.

Trudeau's bill allows for return of Canadian 'Kangaroo courts'

The Online Harms Act will also amend Canada's Human Rights Act to put back in place a hate speech provision, specifically, Section 13 of the Act, that the previous Conservative government under Stephen Harper had repealed in 2013 after it was found to have violated one's freedom of expression... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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