That depends on whether or not you consider the prosecution of hate speech to be a limitation of free speech or not. Neither Canada nor any other country that prosecutes hate speech can legitimately claim to uphold freedom of speech, IMO. You either allow all speech, including that speech which you find offensive, disturbing, or otherwise objectionable, or you advocate censorship. Governments should at the very least be honest and either uphold freedom of speech entirely, or they should come straight out that they do not guarantee freedom of speech.
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That depends on whether or not you consider the prosecution of hate speech to be a limitation of free speech or not. Neither Canada nor any other country that prosecutes hate speech can legitimately claim to uphold freedom of speech, IMO. You either allow all speech, including that speech which you find offensive, disturbing, or otherwise objectionable, or you advocate censorship. Governments should at the very least be honest and either uphold freedom of speech entirely, or they should come straight out that they do not guarantee freedom of speech.