Free Speech & Lying Against the Law - 9/24

Some exceptions of free speech include treason, bullying, and threatening. Treason is against the law, but the other two are more common. Treason is obviously an exception of freedom of speech because it can put our entire country in danger, or initiate some sort of chaos. Bullying, unfortunately, happens all over the world and with minimal effort to prevent it. This leads to the victims of bullying to become outcasts, harm themselves or others, and even commit suicide. Any form of speech that can potentially result in the death of another should be considered an exception. Threatening also links in to this idea; verbally sending death threats or any other type of threat is very unconstitutional. It should also be considered an exception of free speech.

I somewhat agree with this law, but I feel like it would be impossible to fully enforce.  This is explained towards the end of the article:

“False,” of course, is often conditional and sometimes subjective. It’s a standard that would be hard to enforce, subject to the whims and political ideas of judges and juries. Who determines that something is false? On what basis? And what review mechanism could ensure that the decision was reached fairly in most instances, let alone every one? 

Of course having solely the truth broadcasted through the news would be ideal, but is it realistic? The answer to that is no, absolutely not. There is no way to control the various manipulations of the truth; lie detectors are often times inaccurate. Unless something is invented in the future, Canada's law will forever be unknowingly broken.