Canada Supreme Court upholds hate speech laws

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Canada [official website] ruled [judgment] Wednesday that limitations on free speech with regards to hate speech are constitutionally valid. Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [text], every Canadian is entitled to "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication." This provision is limited by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code [PDF], which imposes specific prohibitions on publication and expression of speech "that exposes or tends...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/02/canada-supreme-court-upholds-hate-speech-laws.php

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