Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Ryan Alford on the fraying foundations for free speech in Canada. Whether aimed at the Freedom Convoy or at pro-Hamas / pro-Palestine protestors, calls for censorship have come from actors across the political spectrum. Aaron and Ryan asks how we can establish lines that maximize freedom of expression but still protect individuals with legitimate concerns about violence.
Ryan Alford notes: "When we take a deep breathe, hopefully we remember that we have already worked out in advance what specific tools we can use to target things with far more precision than just a general blanket ban [on speech]. We have criminal code provisions for incitement... for materially supporting terrorism, we don't need to resort to something that will have an effect on speech directly, or lead to the idea that enforcement is largely political, which is incredibly dangerous."
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