We Canadians have fewer protections of freedom speech, specifically hate speech (ie: sections of the Criminal Code of Canada, and the Canadian Human Rights Act).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_complaints_against...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_complaints_against...
"The current human rights code allows too many frivolous cases to proceed against citizens, when the Criminal Code already covers hate speech that could generate harm against an individual or group.
Acts of hate speech are serious crimes that should be investigated by police officers, not civil servants, he said, and the cases should be handled by "real judges and real lawyers," instead of a quasi-judicial body such as the human rights commission."
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/07/tories-repeal-sectio...