The view I took in my report is that we really ought to focus only on the most extreme forms of expression, and I sought to tie it to the idea of violence. In fact, I don't support the idea that it's necessary to demonstrate that violence ensues from the speech itself, but to signal the extremity of the speech at issue so that one could understand it is so extreme in character that it could be seen as supporting or justifying violence against a group. As a consequence, I might even say that in practice, if you look at the decisions of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, I'm not sure--and I realize I'd better slow down here--that the standard applied in those cases is different in any noticeable way from what would be applied by a criminal court in applying section 319.
On October 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.