Do not for one minute think that you have the same right to free speech that our American neighbours have protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Oh, what is this you say? We have Freedom of Expression Guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. NO you do not and why not? Well...

Trudeau senior was very cagey when he crafted that Charter. Sure section 2(b) of the Charter says "Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression..." but the old curmudgeon stuck in a clause that could take it away. That's right, the infamous weasel clause or section 1. Believe me the Americans never would have stood for that but we had that bamboozled right by us.  So the courts can use that to deny you a right because, ah shucks it is good for society.

There have been cases that have gone to our highest court that argued our free speech rights and the courts found that yes, freedom of expression was indeed violated. Yup, you guessed right, section 1 and kaboom