I believe that that's the gist of our argument: that we need clear laws in order to ensure that people from all communities can express their views. There's a clear need for legislation that governs hate speech and especially violence that's inspired by hate. However, at the same time, we believe that the legislation needs to be precise, and we think that there are areas of Bill C-9 that need to be given further precision in order to ensure that it's not applied in overly broad ways that could, in fact, lead to the criminalization of those who are speaking out and exercising their freedom-of-expression rights.
