I am not going to do an analysis on this topic now. I have a conflict of interest because of my wife’s employer. However, other people have done solid coverage on this. Thanks to Richard Franklin Carter for these links:
Kathleen Harris of CBC News reports:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice-committee-online-hate-steyn-1.5161259
In the Law Times, Gabrielle Giroday reports:
Marc Montgomery of Radio Canada International reports:
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/05/16/hate-speech-or-freedom-of-expression-interview/
In the National Post, Stuart Thomson reports.
May 2:
Wallis Snowdon of CBC News reports:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/white-power-music-internet-youtube-1.5138731
COMMENTARY
In The London Free Press, Anthony Furey comments:
An editorial writer at Postmedia comments:
In The Post Millennial, Libby Emmons and Barrett Wilson comment:
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/no-theres-no-rise-in-hate-theres-a-rise-in-panic/
In The Nelson Daily, David V. Johnson comments:
https://thenelsondaily.com/news/opinion-how-do-we-pry-apart-true-and-compelling-false-and-toxic
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The official website of Canada’s Parliament provides basic facts about the committee and its work.
This page shows photos of the committee members and displays their party affiliations:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/JUST
This news release (dated April 11) announces the committee’s intention to investigate online hatred:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/JUST/news-release/10418091
This page lists all past committee meetings that were devoted to the discussion of online hatred: