{"id":49096,"date":"2019-06-21T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=49096"},"modified":"2019-06-20T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T21:24:16","slug":"the-ppcs-2019-election-platform-on-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/06\/21\/the-ppcs-2019-election-platform-on-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"The PPC&#8217;s 2019 election platform on freedom of expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maxime Bernier&#8217;s People&#8217;s Party of Canada is posting the individual issues from their 2019 election platform online, and today&#8217;s addition was their position on freedom of expression:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PPC-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PPC-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"186\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PPC-logo.png 388w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PPC-logo-150x72.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The rights of Canadians to freely hold and express beliefs are being eroded at an alarming speed under the Trudeau government. Some of its recent decisions even require that Canadians renounce their most deeply held moral convictions and express opinions they disagree with.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What some people find politically incorrect, offensive or even hateful cannot serve as the legal basis for discrimination and censorship. Canadians should be able to enjoy maximum freedom of conscience and expression as guaranteed in Section 2 of the Charter.<\/p>\n<p>A People\u2019s Party Government will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrict the definition of hate speech in the Criminal Code to expression which explicitly advocates the use of force against identifiable groups or persons based on protected criteria such as religion, race, ethnicity, sex, or sexual orientation.<\/li>\n<li>Repeal any existing legislation or regulation curtailing free speech on the internet and prevent the reinstatement of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.<\/li>\n<li>Repeal C-16 and M-103.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that Canadians can exercise their freedom of conscience to its fullest extent as it is intended under the Charter and are not discriminated against because of their moral convictions.<\/li>\n<li>Withhold federal funding from any post-secondary institution shown to be violating the freedom of expression of its students or faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the full policy statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplespartyofcanada.ca\/freedom_of_expression_protecting_canadians_from_censorship_and_discrimination\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, or the whole platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplespartyofcanada.ca\/platform\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxime Bernier&#8217;s People&#8217;s Party of Canada is posting the individual issues from their 2019 election platform online, and today&#8217;s addition was their position on freedom of expression: The rights of Canadians to freely hold and express beliefs are being eroded at an alarming speed under the Trudeau government. 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