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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
so- you're saying Free Speech as long as it's what Big Brother Canuck says is OK?
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Pretty much the same as the US 1st Amendment - except that provisions are embedded within the Charter to exclude things like hate speech - ie. the advocation violence against or denegration of others based on sex, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, age, or culture...
So yes free speech as long as someone doesn't take you to court over what you have said (private individuals or the government). Zundel's main defense was that he was advocating his freedom of expression and speech - but the Supreme Court just didn't buy it... and I don't blame them - the guys a grade 'A' nutter that has been exploiting legal loopholes and avenues to keep himself in Canada and to keep promoting his hate for decades now.
Of course that isn't to say that others haven't tried to take non-legal action against him... like the bomb the police had to defuse about a decade ago... or the firebombing and burning down of his house/office - which was ironic because he had just published a pamphlet praising those that had firebombed a mosque and synagogue earlier about a week before....