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The entire matter boils down to this: They believe it must be illegal to not allow the platforming of hate speech and illegal to call it hate speech and all dissent must be illegal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/free-speech-policy-ottawa-colleges-universities-1.4809054

Worries, praise follow Ontario government's new free speech directive
Local universities and colleges plan to meet PC government's 2019 deadline
Kimberley Molina · CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2018

The Ontario government announced last week that schools have until Jan. 1, 2019 to develop, implement and comply with free speech policies that meet a minimum standard the government sets — or risk losing funding.

That standard is based on the University of Chicago Statement of Principles of Free Expression, which doesn't allow for hate speech but precludes shielding students from ideas they might disagree with or find offensive.

lijah Bedassie is welcoming the policy shift.

I think that if they have to threaten them with pulling funding, then that's what needs to be done.
- Elijah Bedassie, The founder and president of the uOttawa Students for Free Speech
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