Comment on Canadian law would allow judges to hand down life sentences for "speech crimes" (no, this isn't a joke)

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Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

“Every person who advocates or promotes genocide is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.”

“Everyone who commits an offence under this Act or any other Act of Parliament, if the commission of the offence is motivated by hatred based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.”

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