Ahead of the prime minister’s throne speech set to take place on Sept. 23, a constitutional lawyer says some of the government’s plans to regulate online content and hate speech could threaten legitimate free speech.
On Sept. 6, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault revisited the idea of regulating social media in an interview with Global’s The West Block, stating that platforms like Facebook and Twitter “can’t regulate themselves” and that the Liberal cabinet would soon put forward new legislation to address the problem.
