PREVIEW: #CANADA: #HATESPEECH: Conversation with colleague Conrad Black of the National Post re a bill in the Parliament, Online Harms Act, that would permit life mrisonment for advocating "genocide." More later.
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🗓️ 28 March 2024
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https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-63/first-reading
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-dirty-canadian-secrets-i-dont-tell-americans
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Bachelor, conversation with my colleague Conrad Black, |
| 0:04.0 | distinguished biographer writing in his National Post column |
| 0:08.0 | about legislation that is surprising in Canada now under debate. |
| 0:12.0 | It's called the Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act. It's about |
| 0:17.6 | hate speech and what can be communicated over the internet that is permitted and what is not permitted, but it does provide for the possibility of life imprisonment for incitement to genocide. Life imprisonment. |
| 0:31.0 | Conrad explains, there's more of this to come. |
| 0:36.0 | You're right. |
| 0:38.0 | You're absolutely right. |
| 0:41.0 | In theory for advocating genocide genocide people can be sentenced |
| 0:45.0 | to prison for life now this is this is a let me be clear advocating genocide is a terrible thing. It should be discouraged. But |
| 0:55.9 | threatening people with life imprisonment for that is just absurd. |
| 1:02.7 | Thank you. |
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