I will no longer tolerate being called a hatemonger, or having my character and reputation maligned. I will not allow harassment by mobs and demonstrations outside my home that restrict my ability to carry on my work, my ability to move freely on the street where I reside, and endanger my personal safety and that of my family, friends, and co-workers. And I will no longer tolerate being endlessly investigated, targeted for harassment by Canadian Customs and Immigration, sued, charged, and dragged before numerous tribunals and courts, when it has been proven over and over again that what I say, write, and do is perfectly legal and protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights expressed the opinion that freedom of expression is applicable not only to information and ideas that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock, or disturb the State or any sector of the population. It is only from the clash of ideas that truth can emerge, for the best of truth is the power of thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market of ideas.
Freedom of expression is central to that competition.
This implies that every communicable type of idea, information, opinion, news, advertising, art, critical political commentary, etc. falls within the scope of protection. For the purpose of protecting national security, the right to freedom of expression can be restricted only in the most serious cases of a direct political or military threat to the entire nation. As a general rule, States should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid meeting their obligations with respect to the safeguarding of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. In these instances, limitations on freedom of expression can be justified only when the public order of the State is truly compromised. Such a limitation may be in effect only for a limited period of time and under specific circumstances, and any restrictions must be clearly established so that everyone may know precisely what is prohibited, and what is subject to such limitations.