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CCLA Raps Saskatchewan Restrictions on Speech

 

In the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal this Fall, CCLA objected to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code being used to limit expressions of opinion. A Saskatchewan man had placed an ad in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix; it showed bumper stickers depicting two men holding hands with a prohibitive bar drawn through them. The ad also contained Biblical passages condemning homosexual behaviour. While repudiating the contents of the advertisement and expressing its support of the efforts made by "gays and lesbians to attain full equality," CCLA Special Counsel Andrew Lokan and Louis Browne also noted the fundamental importance of individuals being able to comment on people's morality. "The remedy for this kind of speech is more speech, not enforced silence" Lokan and Browne argued. In the opinion of CCLA, the relevant provision of the Code should be confined to places of business where signs are used to effectuate discriminatory practices; expressions of opinion should not be covered.



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