Share this Story: Canada shouldn't be so quick to develop a culture insensitive to censorship, author saysCanada shouldn't be so quick to develop a culture insensitive to censorship, author says ‘The power to censor is great if you think you can trust the person holding that authority’, says Macfarlane Photo by University of Toronto Press/Emmett MacfarlaneArticle content Dilemmas of Free Expression, a new book edited by University of Waterloo political scientist Emmett Macfarlane, explores the contemporary issues surrounding free expression. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Try refreshing your browser, or Canada shouldn't be so quick to develop a culture insensitive to censorship, author says Back to video A: I think the state of free expression in Canada is actually quite uncertain. Culturally, we see debates over free speech that have become increasingly polarized that are often not just exaggerated, but filled with red herrings and misrepresentations about how free expression actually works. Q: A lot of the way we think about free expression is informed by the culture wars and cancel culture.

Source: National Post December 12, 2021 23:55 UTC