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The fight for free speech is far from over in Canada. A revised draft of Bill C-63 may soon be presented. Meanwhile, Canada's "Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia" wants the government to have the power to delete posts by politicians it deems "false information about minorities," such as "anti-Palestinian Racism" and to sanction those who post it:

https://reclaimthenet.org/amira-elghawaby-backs-report-calls-removing-politicians-posts-disinformation-canada

Assuming the present political makeup of the Canadian government, adoption of her recommendations can lead to an absolutely frightening outcome: terrorist organization Hamas may be able to determine what acceptable political speech in Canada is, and it may become impossible for the opposition to even express their dissent, let alone run against the ruling majority based on more sane views.

In any democracy, politicians need total liberty to express their opinions, online or offline, in or outside the Houses of Parliament. Anything less is unacceptable.

One may also wonder why Canada has a "Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia" in the first place. The existence of irrational fear against Islam is not obvious at all in Canada. Even is it exists, it would be more sensible to address plausible causes. Maybe some Canadians are subconsciously fearing Islam indeed, but they do so because they are afraid of jihadi attacks rather then of Islam. To combat "islamophobia," the government should start by eradicating jihad before considering anything else.

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