Here's the actual bill:
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-84Bill 84, Prohibiting Hate-Promoting Demonstrations at Queen's Park Act, 2019Bill 84 2019
An
Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act respecting demonstrations
that promote hatred on legislative precinct grounds
Her
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
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The Legislative Assembly Act is amended by adding
the following section:
Prohibited
demonstrations, etc., on legislative precinct grounds
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(1) No
demonstration, rally or other activity that, in the opinion of the Speaker, is
likely to promote hatred against any identifiable group shall be permitted on legislative
precinct grounds.
Definition
(2) In
this section,
“legislative
precinct grounds†means the area of land in the City of Toronto bounded on the
east, south and west by Queen’s Park Crescent and on the north by Wellesley
Street West.
Commencement
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This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
It does not call out any specific group. And it is limited to a specific location.
BUT "in the opinion of the Speaker, is likely to promote hatred against any identifiable group" is so broad that, frankly, no government official can be trusted with that kind of power.
BUT while one specific location was called out as being covered, how many others - or how much of Canada - could this act be expanded to cover.
BUT while no specific group is called out, theologically conservative Christians, groups, and institutions in Canada have been the targets of homosexual activists for several decades.
I think it would be very appropriate for Canadians to ask whether what look like limitations and breadth are simply smokescreens for how and where it would ultimately be applied against whom.
If this bill is resurrected.