The federal Liberals insist their new bill is needed to protect religious Canadians from hate. In reality, it does the opposite — it will expose people of faith to criminal prosecution for the simple act of quoting their own sacred texts.

The Liberals and Bloc Québécois have made a deal to eliminate long-standing Criminal Code safeguards for freedom of expression and religious freedom in exchange for the Bloc supporting Bill C-9 , which is currently before the House of Commons Justice Committee.

Canada’s hate speech laws currently say people cannot be prosecuted for expressing, “in good faith,” an argument or opinion on a religious subject or “based on belief in a religious text.”

This isn’t some obscure legal technicality. The Supreme Court has recognized this defence as necessar

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