A retired Winnipeg police officer has launched a petition, now authorized by a member of Parliament, that seeks to expand Canada's hate speech laws to include protections for police. "I feel like there's a very large divide between what hate speech actually is compared to calling out police for shooting people." Protecting police from hate speech with new petition CBC News Manitoba 2:54 A retired Winnipeg police officer has launched a petition, now authorized by a member of Parliament, that seeks to expand Canada's hate speech laws to include protections for police. Depending on how many e-signatures Tataryn's petition receives by June 8, it may be presented to the House of Commons in Ottawa. Tataryn's petition was posted on the House of Commons website April 9 and had received 386 e-signatures when this article was being written.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2021 21:40 UTC