[Opinion] $10,000 fine for private comments between friends threatens freedom of expression | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

DMZ – EDUCATION ¦ Tony Lax ¦ COMMENTARY In my opinion, but I do not want to claim it, opinions are often rather assertions. Can it therefore be that under the term "freedom of expression" there and there is rather a "freedom of assertion"? In my opinion, there is such a "freedom of assertion" and it should also be held up and defended. However, anyone who claims something has a different intention than someone who says his opinion, and an assert…

$10,000 fine for private comments between friends threatens freedom of expression | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

ABBOTSFORD, BC: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that the BC Human Rights Tribunal is being challenged before the BC Supreme Court for imposing a $10,000 penalty on private speech. In January 2025, the Tribunal fined British Columbian Kirstin Olsen $10,000 for privately expressing concerns about her friend’s decision. Her petition against the Tribunal […]

Former Federal Constitutional Court judge Peter Michael Huber has criticized the CDU/CSU and FDP plans for stronger media oversight. "Hate and incitement are not legally clear concepts, but rather gateways for the enforcement of ideological ideas, especially from the left-wing and green milieu," he told the newspaper "Stern." This increasingly narrows the boundaries of what can be said. The distinction between these and criminal law is becoming …