There are parts of our common culture where that's not unusual, like in our newspapers and airwaves. It's been mentioned by other speakers. Online, almost everybody can say anything they want. There's very little restriction, although some concerns have been raised in some legislation.
There are areas of our common culture and common life where that is shrinking. We've had two professors talk about the environment on campus. There are the professional bodies that I spoke about. There are other places where the freedom to speak out is under pressure or even restricted.
You have to figure out which part of the culture you're looking at. I mean, I'm a newspaper columnist. There's no problem. I write whatever I want. I don't have any obstacle to that. There are places and professionals in our country—professors, university professors in some circumstances, medical professionals and so forth—where there's a problem.
There's this other issue of people feeling chilled or under pressure. Depending on the issue, that can be more of a cultural thing. It doesn't have a legal expression.
Are there concerns? I think there are concerns, but they're not widespread. We don't have to worry about the freedom of the press disappearing in Canada, but there are important places in our common life together, especially professional places, where it's under restriction.