OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Andrew Scheer says universities should lose federal funding if they fail to protect freedom of speech on campus. A “troubling trend” has surfaced where small groups on campus can shut down events, prevent guest speakers from giving lecture and ban activities or clubs they disagree with, Scheer said in an interview Wednesday. “There are a lot of people who come to campus who say things that are outrageous. Professors or guest speakers who say terrible things about everything from Christianity to capitalism,” Scheer said. Groups can be loud and proud about controversial views on either end of the spectrum, as long as they don’t prevent others from exercising their rights, Scheer said.

Source: National Post April 19, 2017 15:56 UTC