THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO The university has said the Canadian Nationalist Party has not requested to hold the rally it says it is planning. She pointed to a five-page policy on booking space at the school that states the use of school space must abide by the university’s principles. While at a protest, officers will also be monitoring and assessing any possible hate speech that occurs, collecting evidence and building a case. Then, he said, police consult with the Crown and would require consent from the Attorney General in order to lay a hate speech charge. “It has to be some kind of speech that vilifies a group.” Finding that distinction between freedom of speech and hate speech can be difficult, legally, he said.

Source: thestar August 15, 2017 21:33 UTC