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mountaineer:

--- Quote ---Canada Moves To Make Quoting Certain Bible Passages ‘Hate Speech’
Dec. 4, 2025
Protestia

The minority Liberal government has struck a deal with Bloc Québécois to “eliminate long-standing Criminal Code safeguards for freedom of expression and religious freedom in exchange for the Bloc supporting Bill C-9,” according to the National Post.
--- Quote ---    Currently, the law exempts hateful or antisemitic speech if it based in good faith on the interpretation of a religious text, but that immunity is set to be removed. Additionally, the Liberals are expected to back off plans to eliminate the need for a provincial attorney general’s sign-off to pursue a hate-propaganda prosecution.
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The removal of the religious exception clause is being driven by the Bloc Québécois, who have long sought to entrench cultural secularization. Months ago, the province of Quebec signaled their intention to introduce legislation to ban prayer in public. The Post continues:
--- Quote ---    Canada’s hate speech laws currently say people cannot be prosecuted for expressing, “in good faith,” an argument or opinion on a religious subject or “based on belief in a religious text.”

    If this amendment is adopted and Bill C-9 is passed, people of faith could be imprisoned for up to two years for expressing deeply held religious convictions that the government finds offensive.
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It appears to be anti-all religion, not just Christianity or Judaism.

Pierre Poilievre
@PierrePoilievre
Liberal-Bloc amendments to C-9 will criminalize sections of the Bible, Quran, Torah, and other sacred texts. Conservatives will oppose this latest Liberal assault on freedom of expression and religion.  ...

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https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1995532298888900896
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mountaineer:
Bill C-9 Turns Ideological Criticism into a Crime. In other words, Canada and Great Britain are neck-and-neck in clamping down on free speech.

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https://twitter.com/DonaldBestCA/status/1996701611939484153

Free Vulcan:

--- Quote ---It appears to be anti-all religion, not just Christianity or Judaism.
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But it will not be enforced for the Koran.

mountaineer:

--- Quote from: Free Vulcan on December 05, 2025, 12:01:12 pm ---But it will not be enforced for the Koran.
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No doubt.

DefiantMassRINO:
Let ye who is without moose throw the first dung.

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