BREAKING NEWS: Canada Will Jail Anyone Who Has Ever Posted “Hate Speech” Online – Hal Turner Reports!
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Hal Turner Reports:
The Trudeau regime has introduced an Orwellian new law called the Online Harms Bill C-63, which will give police the power to retroactively search the Internet for “hate speech” violations and arrest offenders, even if the offense occurred before there is the law.
This new bill aims to protect the masses from so-called “hate speech”.
Revolver.news reports: The real shocker in this bill is the alarming retroactive aspect. Essentially, anything you’ve said in the past can now be held against you by today’s draconian standards.
Historian Dr. Muriel Blaive analyzed this draconian law, labeling it downright “insane.” She points out how it literally spits in the face of all Western legal traditions, especially the one about only being punished if you broke a law that was in effect at the time of the crime.
The proposed Canadian law is downright insane. It’s retroactive, which goes against our Western legal tradition that you can only be punished if you broke a law that was in effect at the time you committed the crime:
“And it’s not just stuff you posted. after the new law goes into effect, you can get in trouble for — oh, no — but anything you’ve ever posted since the dawn of the internet. In other words, it’s a gold-plated invitation for offending archaeologists to do their worst, with the prospect of a $20,000 reward if they hit paydirt. The only way to protect yourself is to go through all your social media accounts and painstakingly delete anything you’ve ever said remotely controversial.”
And there is worse!
“Although, that won’t protect you from another clause in the bill – and here it stumbles into dystopian territory not yet imagined. If the courts find that you may be committing a “hate crime” or spreading “hate propaganda” (undefined), you may be placed under house arrest and your ability to communicate with others is restricted.
That is, a court can compel you to wear an ankle bracelet, prevent you from using any of your communication devices, and then instruct you not to leave the house. If the court thinks there’s a risk you’ll get drunk or high and start tweeting under the influence – although it’s not clear given you can’t use your phone or computer – it can order you to provide urine samples regular authorities. Anyone who refuses to comply with these dictates can be sent to prison.”
By externalizing the defense of free speech to the right and far right and supporting repression, the liberal left is playing a very dangerous game here. For those of us who are NOT on the right and far right, this is pretty disheartening…
The left is actually shooting itself in the foot and will come back crying, “amazed” that ordinary people are so “ungrateful”. Indeed, he seems to have forgotten that the rule of law involves settling disagreements in the voting booth rather than silencing those who disagree with us. How can he hope to gain public support for this madness?
Online user X recently said that his wife wrote a letter to every Canadian MP about this scary bill and only one MP responded. He posted MP Rachel Thomas’ response, which many are now calling one of the most insightful and well-crafted summaries on this alarming issue.
My wife has written to all Canadian MPs about our opposition to Online Harm Bill C-63. Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas is the only one to respond… It’s the best written summary of the issues I’ve seen so far. Long but here it is…
My wife wrote to all Canadian MP's about our opposition to the Online Harms Bill C-63. MP Rachael Thomas of Lethbridge is the only one who wrote back … It is the best written summary of issues I have seen yet. Long, but here it is…
"Thank you for writing to me regarding…
— Mitchio (@theMitchio) April 19, 2024
“Thank you for writing to me about Bill C-63, the Liberals’ latest interpretation of their online harm legislation.
While the federal government has promoted this bill as an initiative to protect children, it does little to achieve this noble cause and a great deal to inhibit free speech. Let me describe the bill in more detail.
There are four key parts of the Bill: Part 1 creates the Online Harms Act; Part 2 amends the Criminal Code; Part 3 amends the Canadian Human Rights Act and Part 4 amends an Act relating to the mandatory reporting of child pornography on the Internet by persons providing an Internet service. I will focus on the first three parts of the bill in the remainder of the letter.
Part 1: The bureaucratic arm will consist of three entities: the Digital Safety Commission, the Digital Safety Ombudsman and the Digital Safety Office. These new offices are made up almost entirely of Cabinet appointees and have powers to receive and investigate complaints about harmful content, collect data and develop more regulations. The President of the Digital Safety Commission will be voted by the Parliament. The Digital Safety Commission can investigate complaints and hold hearings about breaches of the Act. The commission can act with federal court power and authorize any person to investigate compliance and noncompliance.
Penalties for breaching an order of the commission or obstructing any person it authorizes depend on whether a regulated service or person commits the breach. The maximum penalty for a violation is not more than 8% of the gross worldwide income of the person believed to have committed the violation or $25 million, whichever is greater. The Cabinet and the Digital Safety Commission may make further regulations regarding the Commission’s powers and financial enforcement (fines).
Establishing a bureaucratic arm will do little to nothing to protect children. The last thing our system can handle right now is a bunch of new complaints. It can’t even handle the existing ones.
Part 2: Bill C-63 creates a new hate crime offense that will make any offense under the Criminal Code or any Act of Parliament an indictable offense punishable by life imprisonment if the offense it was motivated by hate. A definition of “hate” is introduced in art. 319(7), which is defined as meaning “the emotion involving detestation or defamation and which is stronger than contempt or dislike”. s. 319 (8) includes the provision that the communication of a statement does not incite or promote hatred, within the meaning of this section, only because it discredits, humiliates, injures or offends.
In addition, the bill increases the penalty for an offense under art. 318 (1), pleading genocide, to life imprisonment. The current sentence is up to 5 years. The draft law also increases the penalties for the crimes provided for in art. 319 (public incitement to hatred, intentional promotion of hatred, intentional promotion of anti-Semitism) from up to 2 years to a maximum of 5 years.
Alarmingly, a peace bond is created for “fear of the crime of hate propaganda or hate crime”. This will allow a person to seek a court-ordered peace bond if they reasonably fear that someone will commit a hate crime or hate crime against them in the future. If you’ve seen the movie “Minority Report” you know how scary it is.
Part 3: The bill reintroduces Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which empowers officials of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to make subjective decisions about what forms of expression constitute hate speech and can decide also remedies. including fines. This will allow any individual or group in Canada to file complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against users who post “hate speech” online, with an accused facing fines of up to $50,000.
The legislation defines hate speech as content that “is likely to incite hatred or denigration of an individual or group of individuals on such a prohibited ground”. In other words, the content need not directly express defamation; it only needs to be assessed as “likely to” defame someone by a human rights tribunal. Section 13 is a punitive regime that lacks the procedural safeguards and rights of the accused that exist in criminal law. Truth is not a defence, and the standard of proof that will apply to section 13 is “the balance of probabilities”, not “beyond a reasonable doubt” as there is in a criminal case.
As you rightly point out, parts 2 and 3 of this bill are a direct attack on free speech and will have a significant chilling effect as people fear the possibility of house arrest or life imprisonment. Margaret Atwood went so far as to say that C-63 invites the possibility of retaliatory charges and the risk of “thought crime”.
Additionally, it is alarming that the bill allows people to anonymously file complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against those they believe are posting hate speech. If found guilty, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal can impose fines of up to $70,000 and issue takedown orders for the content in question. In addition, the court is given the authority to protect the identities of plaintiffs and to prohibit defendants from disclosing that information if it is discovered. In essence, accusers of hate speech will protect their identity, while those accused face significant financial penalties.
Common sense conservatives believe we should criminalize and enforce laws against sexually victimizing a child or re-victimizing a survivor online, abusing a child online, inducing a child to harm themselves, or inciting violence. Criminal prohibitions on intimate content communicated without consent, including deepfakes, must be enforced and expanded. Conservatives believe that these serious crimes should be criminalised, investigated by the police, tried in court and punished with prison terms, not pushed into a new bureaucratic entity that does nothing to prevent crimes and provide no justice for victims. We will bring changes to the Criminal Code that will effectively protect children without infringing on freedom of expression.
Thank you again for writing and please accept my best wishes.
Warmest regards,
Rachael Thomas,
Member of Parliament for Lethbridge”
There’s no doubt that there are scary and scary things coming out of Canada, but don’t think that it couldn’t happen in the United States, because it can. In fact, the regime-run media is already making the case as we speak.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/canada-to-imprison-anyone-who-has-ever-posted-hate-speech-online
1 Comment
When are the people going to rise up and shoot Trudeau? To sit there and let evil keep operating is a crime in itself.