Hello, and thank you very much to our witnesses for joining us here today.
Senator Wells, we recently had a witness, Fae Johnstone, appear before this committee to discuss what we in the NDP view at the reasonable limits to freedom of expression, which is when it bleeds over into hate speech. During her presentation, she talked about the organized hate campaign she has had to deal with, which included publishing her personal information, aggressive harassment by pretend journalists at Rebel News, and the pile-on led by far-right hatemongers.
She asked in this committee, “What happens in a country where, instead of bringing people together, we normalize division and difference, with even the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, fanning the flames of conspiracy...?”
My question to you is what happens when that happens?