From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 11/13/25 5:40 PM, Gary McGath wrote:   
      
   > I don't know much about Canada's speech laws, but what I can find   
   > doesn't suggest that the country has outlawed profanities or merely   
   > prejudiced statements. The criminal code includes three areas of   
   > "hatred-related" speech offenses: advocating genocide, publicly inciting   
   > hatred likely to lead to a breach of the peace, and wilfully promoting   
   > hatred. The first two don't apply here. It would be a big stretch for   
   > "prejudiced or bigoted" statements in private conversation to be counted   
   > as "promoting hatred."   
   >   
   > I just don't think the concom was forced to include this by their   
   > lawyers. The language doesn't appear to reflect national or provincial   
   > laws, but it is similar to language in other convention codes of   
   > conduct, including many in the US.   
   >   
      
   Quebec's government is considering a law banning prayer in public. (Yes,   
   really.) Perhaps the code of conduct should add praying to the list of   
   prohibited speech, just to make sure they don't run afoul of the law.   
      
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   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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