Justice committee  We recommend four things. First, we recommended that the Canadian Human Rights Act, if it is to be amended, be amended to define what is and is not hate speech. Pursuant to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Saskatchewan v. Whatcott, 2013, 1 SCR 467 at paragraphs 90 and 9

Justice committee  She applied for costs. Because the complaint was withdrawn precipitously once counsel became involved and submissions and evidence were filed, we applied for costs based on a number of misrepresentations that we said the complainant made. The fact the complaint was started put th

Justice committee  That's my understanding, and that's a problem because there's no disincentive for launching multiple complaints. The person involved in the waxing case made 16 of these complaints. Some of them are in various stages of settlement and some of them are proceeding to a hearing, I u

Justice committee  Yes, it's not a myth that big tech is censoring views that it disagrees with. Two days ago, Democratic representative Tulsi Gabbard, the representative for Hawaii, appeared on the Joe Rogan show. She voiced opposition to the censorship of Facebook users, arguing instead that “com

Justice committee  Absolutely. Twitter is notorious for this type of thing. There's a movie that has come out called Unplanned, a true story about a director of Planned Parenthood. There was a U.S. Senate hearing at which a co-producer of the movie testified about how Google had refused to take the

Justice committee  No, I didn't say I was insulted. I said that the starting point for the conversation needs to be paragraph 2(b) of the charter, because it protects the fundamental rights that the Supreme Court of Canada has said are the foundation of Canada's liberal democracy. It can't function

Justice committee  Sir, I'm not sure of that at all. This government's track record regarding paragraph 2(b) of the charter is not good. There was the Canada summer jobs fiasco in 2018, in which people were compelled to make—

Justice committee  I understand that people should be mindful of it, but as to whether or not this government takes paragraph 2(b) seriously, I'm not convinced of that at all, no.

Justice committee  The representative from Egale made an excellent point about the dangers of attempting to take down speech and to fine ISPs for content. That's a legitimate concern. People in Canada have a right not to be subjected to criminal hatred, so insofar as those concerns are based on the

Justice committee  I think that for me to agree with that, you would have to define what hatred is. How are you defining it? If you're defining it like some of these witnesses, then no, I don't think the government legitimately has an objective.

Justice committee  Is sexism hate? Has that been established? I don't know that it has been, sir. Is sexism arguing against a woman's legal right to have an abortion because somebody has a perspective that's different than that?

Justice committee  Please don't put words in my mouth. I'm not here to argue.

Justice committee  I'm giving you direct answers. I don't know that it has been established that sexism, which is not defined for the purposes of this committee, is hate. If you're telling me that it is, then I think what we need to establish is what you mean by sexism and establish parameters.

Justice committee  Which witnesses are you speaking of?

Justice committee  Did she personally experience sexism?