Something we can do about it is to mock Canada/UK whenever it comes up.
"Oh you're from Canada? Canada's nice I guess but don't you wish you had free speech?" "We have free speech, it's in the Charter!!" "No I mean like actual free speech like the 1st Amendment not pretend free speech".
It should be so annoying that Canadians don't even mention their country because they'll get shamed for no free speech.
I'd wager that 95%+ of leftists actually believe Canada has free speech.
Example: the wikipedia articles on the Charter say they have so much free speech it's even more than America. Completely and purposely ignoring the very first Section that states ALL their rights (not just free speech) are subject to "reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society".
America: 'no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press'
Canada: 'no rights if there's a law against, but maybe if the law is ridiculous you can have your "rights" back'
Their prime directive is that laws supersede their rights unless unreasonable. They only have reasonable rights rather than inalienable ones (ie actual rights).
Everything they've ever seen said Canada has free speech and they've never even thought about it. They honestly believe they have free speech and reading that Canada doesn't is shocking to them. That's why it's effective, it's like throwing cold water on them.
Yeah, as a Canadian I'd endorse it but they've done such an effective blitz on turning freedom into a dirty word it'd be pretty much spitting in the wind at this point.
Something we can do about it is to mock Canada/UK whenever it comes up.
"Oh you're from Canada? Canada's nice I guess but don't you wish you had free speech?" "We have free speech, it's in the Charter!!" "No I mean like actual free speech like the 1st Amendment not pretend free speech".
It should be so annoying that Canadians don't even mention their country because they'll get shamed for no free speech.
I'd wager that 95%+ of leftists actually believe Canada has free speech.
Example: the wikipedia articles on the Charter say they have so much free speech it's even more than America. Completely and purposely ignoring the very first Section that states ALL their rights (not just free speech) are subject to "reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society".
America: 'no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press'
Canada: 'no rights if there's a law against, but maybe if the law is ridiculous you can have your "rights" back'
Their prime directive is that laws supersede their rights unless unreasonable. They only have reasonable rights rather than inalienable ones (ie actual rights).
Everything they've ever seen said Canada has free speech and they've never even thought about it. They honestly believe they have free speech and reading that Canada doesn't is shocking to them. That's why it's effective, it's like throwing cold water on them.
Yeah, as a Canadian I'd endorse it but they've done such an effective blitz on turning freedom into a dirty word it'd be pretty much spitting in the wind at this point.