Online Harms Act threatens free expression in Canada. On February 26, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani introduced Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, in the House of Commons.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) writes, The Online Harms Act would impose severe penalties for online and offline hate speech, including life imprisonment—the most severe criminal punishment in Canada. This legislation would establish a new Digital Safety Commission with power to regulate and enforce censorship on social media via new regulations created by the federal cabinet. The Canadian Human Rights Commission would acquire new powers to prosecute and punish non-criminal hate speech.
Read JCCF’s full statement HERE.
Sign the JCCF petition HERE.
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