The bill also raises “the maximum punishments for the four hate propaganda offences from 5 years to life imprisonment for advocating genocide and from 2 years to 5 years for the others when persecuted by way of indictment.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his currently ruling Liberal Party have introduced a bill that would greatly restrict what is published online, and severely punish users for posting certain types of content.
The bill, referred to as the “Online Harms Act,” (Bill C-63) would stringently police child bullying and content promoting self harm to a child, along with other categories such as ‘hate speech, content that incites violence or terrorism, content that sexualizes children or victims of sexual violence, and sexual content that is posted without consent,’ CBC reported. The bill would amend the Criminal Code to better address these hate crimes.
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