Comments on: Quebec tribunal orders comedian to pay C$42,000 over jokes https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/quebec-tribunal-comedian-jokes/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Free speech roundup - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/quebec-tribunal-comedian-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-340105 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:30:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60225#comment-340105 […] New, much-anticipated documentary Can We Take a Joke? When Outrage and Comedy Collide [on demand, Greg Lukianoff] More on the fining of comedian Mike Ward by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal [Guardian, earlier] […]

]]> By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/quebec-tribunal-comedian-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-338969 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:40:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60225#comment-338969 I tried to find the joke on YouTube, but it’s in French so I don’t get it.

]]> By: Hugo S Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/quebec-tribunal-comedian-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-338958 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:03:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60225#comment-338958 If the USA did not have a functioning First Amendment, an equivalent verdict here would be for $3 million. Canada’s approach is illiberal but more affordable.

I followed the CBC link to a legal analysis that the court might protect speech that has political significance. Non-political “artistic freedom” is not given special deference, however.

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