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🇨🇦 Some comments on the state of free speech in Canada in light of the @WeAreFairCop and #IStandWithScottow cases. In Canada it is unlikely that anyone would be criminally charged for 'misgendering'. The hate crime provisions in the Criminal Code are very restrictive it would /2
require much more than using the wrong pronouns to justify a charge. Section 319(1) applies to statements made in public which are likely to provoke a breach of the peace. Section 319(2) is broader and could cover statements made on social media but charges under this section /3
require the approval of the attorney general. Charges are very rare. The police would not be able to make an arrest on a complaint of a private individual. The limitations on free speech in Canada generally fall into three categories: 1. Non-publication orders made in criminal /4
1/ I can't express the upset/anger I feel about this verdict. Last year my mother was harassed & stalked by an ex boyfriend after she broke up with him. He had mentally abused her & sexually assaulted her. I had over 150 screenshots of tweet threads he posted
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2/ on Twitter revealing her personal information & harassing her. He also maliciously & falsely reported my mum for benefit fraud & others (I don't want to be too detailed). Myself & others reported his tweets. #IStandWithScottow
3/ But Twitter did nothing. I even told them the police were involved. Never received a reply.
The police gave him a warning but they said he had my done anything illegal! And the assault was hard to prove, although they beleived her. #IStandWithScottow
The police gave him a warning but they said he had my done anything illegal! And the assault was hard to prove, although they beleived her. #IStandWithScottow
Off to court for Kate Scottow's verdict #IStandWithScottow .
A reminder. This is how this started
Act I: Professor Kathleen Stock tweets about people scheming to get her and other gender critical academics fired
A reminder. This is how this started
Act I: Professor Kathleen Stock tweets about people scheming to get her and other gender critical academics fired
2. Act II: Hayden repeatedly calls Stock a transphobe and a twitter discussion ensues
Act III Hayden calls a black man a hypocrite for his stance in this debate.
Several people object
Several people object
