To anyone who believes in the unchained expression of ideas, Motion 103 is a sinister piece of work. Suasion seldom works; society is a stew of prejudice and tribalism, and nobody I know pays the slightest attention to government moralizing. This is not fanciful; Canadians tend to think we enjoy a right to free speech, but we don't. Ezra Levant,was brought before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for reprinting controversial Danish cartoons that depicted the prophet Mohammed unflatteringly. But it is reasonable to ask whether targeting "Islamophobia," rather than discrimination against Muslims, would eventually forbid debate itself.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2017 10:00 UTC