A Conservative MP says the case of a gender transition critic who was told by a co-panelist her remarks could constitute “hate” speech shows how codifying such definitions into law is creating an atmosphere that could lead to censorship.
“This is one of the many problems with codifying murky definitions of ‘hate’ in law. Not only does it give the state wider latitude to prosecute people for their thoughts and expressions, but it also is used by bad actors to chill speech preemptively,” Andrew Lawton said on Oct. 20.
Mia Hughes speaks at the 2025 Reclaiming Conference organized by We Unify in Calgary on Sept. 20, 2025. (Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times)
Mia Hughes, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said on X earlier in the day that she had agreed to partake in a discussion at Wilfrid Laurier University on gender identity on Oct. 23. The discussion, according to the university’s Heterodox Academy Campus Community (LaurierHxA), will examine the “evidence and socio-legal implications of gender identity.”…