In two reports on antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada, Liberal and NDP MPs on the House of Commons justice committee said Ottawa should take steps to keep student protest encampments off university grounds, criminally ban the display of terrorist emblems and recognize anti-Palestinian discrimination as a unique form of hate.
The antisemitism report’s first recommendation says the government should work with provinces and territories to see that universities ensure “encampments are not permitted,” and to determine “what the rules are for protests and demonstrations, including that hateful speech, and speech that incites and justifies violence, will not be tolerated.”
… The two reports, which together offer 34 recommendations, were drafted by the House of Commons standing committee on justice and human rights after it heard from Jewish and Muslim advocacy groups, university students, administrators and academics.
Everybody thinks they can tweak the law to favour their side. It’s a foolish game that always backfires.
Our rights to free speech should not be constrained by political agendas. As we have witnessed with Section 13 that way leads to tyranny.
