Meanwhile, under this bill, even the adults are to be treated like children, with limits to be imposed on speech offensive to the progressive mind. A “harmful content” censorship regime threatens to undermine critical conversations about criminality, terrorism, extremism, anti-social behaviour, gender roles, and really anything that involves being critical of certain groups, particularly those considered vulnerable by the left. It’s hard as is to have these discussions in Canada, where data collection on these topics is poor and where the limited research available is unrigorous and often politically driven.