If you can’t kill murderers, you might as well kill freedom of expression instead

Jonathan McLeod 5 Comments

Remeber that Senator who suggested that convicted murderers be allowed to kill themselves? Yeah, he may now be facing a criminal complaint:

Jacques McBrearty, a Saguenay resident, said he was disturbed by Boisvenu’s remarks and decided to file a complaint with provincial police.

“I was quite shocked and upset about the way he talked about the people in jail,” McBrearty said.

“If I don’t [file a complaint], who will? I’m the kind of guy that if something needs to be done, I do it myself.”

Sadly, this guy might have a case. Counselling suicide is a crime in Canada, and with the way Canadian law is going, freedom of expression is an endangered species.

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  1. I don’t have a libertarian disposition regarding a lot of matters, but freedom of expression is definitely an area where I favor maximum tolerance and allowance.

  2. Some will say this crime bill hasn’t gone far enough. I thought Senator Boisvenu was on the way to the mark with his suggestion of rope for some prisoners but he didn’t cast his noose far enough.

    If we examine the impact of crime by the colour of one’s collar we can see that white collar crime is devastating. When we find indictable crime amongst government executives, Members of Parliament or the Senate there is merit in discussing the value of capital punishment for such despicable behaviour. The debate seems to have reopened.

    There are a hundred ways to throw the common man in jail but those who make the law, enforce and interpret evidence rise above it all like a five dollar parking ticket.

    It’s possible for the House of Commons to create laws that are not in the best interest of the people and not possible for people to live by.

    We need a House of Commons Canada can live with where we can forget that over a hundred Members of Parliament have been found guilty of indictable offenses, in recent times, and move forward knowing that the threat of capital punishment may stay their pen writing hands in the future.

  3. The only thing that’d make this more depressing is if someone had found a way to involve the HR Comissions in this farce.

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