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FSUC April Salon – Vancouver, BC

Member Only Event: Join FSUC as we modernize the salon to enjoy in-person debate and discussion on the pressing topics of our time. ....
  • Events, Member Content

FSUC April Salon – Hamilton, ON

Member Only Event: Join FSUC as we modernize the salon to enjoy in-person debate and discussion on the pressing topics of our time. Our guest interlocutor at the Hamilton Salon ....
  • News

Profiles in Courage Launch

Let's tell the stories of ordinary Canadian who show extraordinary bravery in standing up for free speech. ....
  • Cases, Videos

Lara Yates v. Sunshine Coast School District 46

A mother vocally expressed disapproval of the land acknowledgment ritual ahead of a school performance. She was banished from the school and child protection was called. ....
  • Subjects: Land Acknowledgments, Public Schools
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Campaigns, Opinion

Lisa Bildy: Human rights rules on gender ideology are just blasphemy laws

Too much is left to the managerial class to decide when speech crosses some imaginary and entirely subjective line of “‘harm,” or is “against the public interest.” ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Gender Ideology, National Post
  • Campaigns

Petition to Abolish Human Rights Tribunals in Canada

If you are concerned about human rights tribunals and the erosion of free expression in Canada in the wake of the recent Barry Neufeld case, please sign this petition. ....
  • Subjects: Censorship
  • Campaigns

Bill C-9: Send a Letter to your MP Today

There has been a short reprieve as the House Justice Committee breaks for the holidays before completing its review of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, and concerned Canadians should ....
  • Subjects: Bills, C-9, Hate Crimes
  • Briefing Documents, Videos

FSUC Submits Brief on Bill C9 “Religious Defence” Amendment

At the invitation of MP Andrew Lawton, the FSUC has prepared a supplementary brief to address the proposed amendment that would remove the defence of good faith reliance on religious ....
  • Subjects: Analysis, C-9, Hate Crimes
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Events

FSUC Presents: The War On Science

The Free Speech Union of Canada is pleased to present Dr. Lawrence Krauss in conversation with prominent scholars and commentators on the threats to science and open inquiry, as discussed ....
  • Briefing Documents

FSUC Submits Brief to House Justice Committee on Bill C-9

The Free Speech Union of Canada has done a thorough review of the pending Combatting Hate Act, otherwise known as Bill C-9. In our opinion, the Bill should be withdrawn ....
  • Subjects: Analysis, Bills, C-9, Hate Crimes
  • Status: Ongoing
  • News

News Release: School Board drops order banning parent from school property for a year over Facebook post

FSUC is pleased to announce that Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School Board has dropped an exclusion order against parent Bryony Dixon, which would have kept her from attending her child’s school ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Pride, Public Schools
  • Status: Successfully Closed
  • Letters

FSUC sends letter of concern to the University of Winnipeg over heckler’s veto

Dr. Frances Widdowson was intimidated and assaulted on campus for attempting to host a debate on residential school graves. ....
  • Subjects: Universities
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Briefing Documents

What Bill C-9 means for your freedom of expression

Bill C-9 isn’t long, but it packs a punch. It will result in the over-prosecution of alleged hate-related offences and will criminalize forms of constitutionally protected speech and expression. ....
  • Subjects: Analysis, Bills, C-9, Hate Crimes
  • Videos

Canada Needs a Free Speech Union – Watch the Video from Juno News

Lisa Bildy tells us why there is a need for the Free Speech Union of Canada ....
  • Subjects: Juno News
  • Cases

Dixon v. Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School Board 

Bryony Dixon criticized the gender ideology at her son’s public school in a Facebook post. The school board responded by preventing her from entering the school without prior approval under ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Gender Ideology, Public Schools
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Letters

FSUC member banned from school property over social media post

The FSUC provided a lawyer to file an appeal of the order issued by Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School Board in BC ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Gender Ideology, Public Schools
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Opinion

Lisa Bildy: Professional bodies have become a major threat to free speech

Too much is left to the managerial class to decide when speech crosses some imaginary and entirely subjective line of “‘harm,” or is “against the public interest.” ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, National Post
  • Letters

FSUC’s Open Letter re Cancellation of Christian Musician

Citizens of a free society, as Canada is, have a right to hear as much as the speaker has the right to express. Are we so censorious and fragile in ....
  • Subjects: Censorship
  • Letters

FSUC Member suspended from school council by board for opposing land acknowledgments

Letter to Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board defending FSUC member. ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Land Acknowledgments, Public Schools
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Letters

FSUC sends letter of concern to TDSB re censorship of parent’s online post

In a free and liberal democracy, citizens have the right to criticize their governments and public officials, and that includes teachers and principals. ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Public Schools
  • Status: Ongoing
  • News

Lawrence Krauss: It’s time for Canada’s free speech defenders to unite

Lawrence Krauss explains in the National Post why we need an organization dedicated to defending free speech rights in Canada. ....
  • Cases

Margaret Munn v. University of Western Ontario

Our inaugural case: Margaret Munn asked in good faith what was meant by “decolonization” and spent the next two years fighting her university’s academic discipline process. She is now suing ....
  • Subjects: Censorship, Universities
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Opinion

Opinion: A timeless collection of essays on free speech

Essays and articles on free speech as a philosophy and its value to society, reviews and analyses of landmark cases, and more. ....

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