We need a thoughtful, debated, reasoned approach not a kneejerk reaction. ‘We could not arrest someone for having radical thoughts. It’s not a crime in Canada.” “No law can possibly deter hateful thoughts from those who think them,” “This is a very slippery slope … and is going to have to be dispassionately and reasonably debated.” How ironic that Harper would use this tragic event of a soldier who died guarding a symbol of Canada’s efforts to preserve democracy to pass laws that diminish democracy in Canada.
Online hate speech could be curtailed under new anti-terror push – Politics – CBC News.