Our Government Has Criminalized Emotions | Bill C9 Hatred Definition

Read that again.

It's not what you say. It's not what you do. It's how intensely you supposedly felt when you said it.

Our justice minister confirmed this applies online — meaning your texts, comments, and posts. But emotion doesn't translate through text. Ask anyone who's ever had a joke misread over a message. So how exactly is anyone supposed to prove what someone else was feeling when they typed something?

This isn't a hypothetical. This is the actual legal standard, as written in a bill that became law this week.

Watch the full breakdown of what Bill C-9 really says

Our Government Has Criminalized Emotions | Bill C9 Hatred Definition

Under Bill C-9, hatred is legally defined as "an emotion of an intense and extreme nature that is clearly associated with vilification and detestation."

Read that again.

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— Nico Lagan (@RealNicoLagan)July 20, 2026

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