Peter Menzies: Those Who Seek to Suppress Free Speech Pose a Greater Risk Than Those Who Abuse It

Many have used free speech to inspire beauty, faith, and courage, few more famously than Sir Winston Churchill who, it was said, “mobilized the English language and sent it into battle,” writes Peter Menzies. Public Domain

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Now that the procedural logjam that had parliamentary business on hold for several weeks has been broken, Canadians can soon expect legislation cracking down on online speech to be front and centre.