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And there you have it... That is compelled speech.
If a transgendered person says to a supervisor at work that they must refer to them as "insert some pronoun here" and instead they just refers to them by the gender they resemble, they can be brought before the human rights commission, fined and jailed if they refuse to pay up... Why? because they did not use the speech that someone demanded they use.
Legislating what people can't say is one thing, but legislating what people must say is quite another. I'm a free speech advocate and strongly believe that nobody has the right not be offended.
Well Grim, the good news is you admit that you cant go to jail for violating C-16. That makes you smarter than JP. The bad news is you see "compelled" speech where there is none just so you can misparaphrase discrimination as “right to not be offended”. The Canadian Bar says there is no compelled speech
"The amendment to the CHRA will not compel the speech of private citizens"
And as the OHRC points out, you can always just call people by their name. Their right to not be discriminated against outweighs your right to be a jerk. Hey don’t forget, we were also discussing JP’s unhinged tweet. Too bad we’re not in Canada then I could compel you to admit his tweet was unhinged amirite?