Canadian opposition aghast as Trudeau responds to violence over Mohammed cartoons by saying freedom of expression must have LIMITS – By Russia Today Staff (Russia Today) / Nov 1 2020
Canadian opposition party leader Erin O’Toole was appalled by Justin Trudeau’s tepid support for “free speech” in the face of Islamist attacks over Mohammed cartoons, saying the prime minister is undermining a pillar of democracy.
“It is very disturbing when the prime minister sends the signal that he is not protecting freedom of expression,” O’Toole said on Saturday on Twitter.
It is one of the pillars of our democracy, and without it, we slide into ignorance.
O’Toole’s rebuke came one day after Trudeau responded to a question about the right to show a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed by saying: “We owe it to ourselves to act with respect for others and to seek not to arbitrarily or unnecessarily injure those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet.”
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