Free speech is absolutely essential. It's part of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This is why I became a Liberal. This is core to our democracy and what it means to be Canadian.
At the same time there are clear limitations to that when it comes to hate. For example, we see newspapers and broadcasters that hold themselves to account when it comes to not spewing that kind of hate on their platforms. Clearly, these digital platforms that have emerged also have a responsibility. We are all very aware of the 51 individuals who were killed in Christchurch, New Zealand. That prompted this call to action where the Prime Minister was at pains to say that platforms need to step up.
If they have the technology to bring people together, to connect people and they are investing in AI and all these different technologies, they need to deploy those technologies to prevent those platforms from being used as a means to disseminate extremism, terrorism or hate. That's what we're trying to do as the government, to apply pressure to these platforms to hold them to account. Those platforms recognize that they need to step up as well. That's one key mechanism of how we want to deal with this.