First off, the bill itself doesn't apply to politicians direct. CEA 91(1) applies to the media, and public and somewhat towards politicians. Not politicians making false statements(only defamation). This is the ruling itself which contains a lot more info.
The overview is quite interesting, since the judge directly connects S.2 and S.1, and the broad overreach of the rewritten segment that the liberals did in 2018 with the rewrite. Then openly states that the AG knows that this would be "on the surface" of a thought crime written into law.
edit: This is good, really good callout on the government.
[17] Bill C-76 made five significant changes to s. 91(1) of the CEA. First, s. 91(1) now includes an enumerated list of false statements that are prohibited. Second, it now prohibits an entity from making false statements. Third, it prohibits false statements about a broader category of people, including the leader of a political party or “a public figure associated with a political party.” Fourth, it only prohibits the making or publishing of false statements during the election period. Finally, it no longer includes the word knowingly.
First off, the bill itself doesn't apply to politicians. CEA 91(1) applies to the media, and public. Not politicians making false statements. This is the ruling itself which contains a lot more info.
The overview is quite interesting, since the judge directly connects S.2 and S.1, and the broad overreach of the rewritten segment that the liberals did in 2018 with the rewrite. Then openly states that the AG knows that this would be "on the surface" of a thought crime written into law.
edit: This is good, really good callout on the government.
[17] Bill C-76 made five significant changes to s. 91(1) of the CEA. First, s. 91(1) now includes an enumerated list of false statements that are prohibited. Second, it now prohibits an entity from making false statements. Third, it prohibits false statements about a broader category of people, including the leader of a political party or “a public figure associated with a political party.” Fourth, it only prohibits the making or publishing of false statements during the election period. Finally, it no longer includes the word knowingly.
First off, the bill itself doesn't apply to politicians. CEA 91(1) applies to the media, and public. Not politicians making false statements. This is the ruling itself which contains a lot more info.
The overview is quite interesting, since the judge directly connects S.2 and S.1, and the broad overreach of the rewritten segment that the liberals did in 2018 with the rewrite. Then openly states that the AG knows that this would be "on the surface" of a thought crime written into law.