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arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCanadians demand Amazon Canada remove '51st state' merch | Nationaldailyhive.comOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareitsame@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoHow strange that this is not seen as a punishable offense? I’m not Canadian, not familiar with sedition laws there, but there are countries where articles like these would put you in jail immediately. Edit: Maybe someone with legal experience can explain it using this as reference: https://www.criminalcodehelp.ca/offences/crimes-against-authority/what-is-sedition/ ?
minus-squareAlabaster_Mango@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoWow, I figured we didn’t have laws like that here. A few years ago we had a bunch of honkies drive on down to Ottawa. They had a website with their plans, and they literally said they were going there to overthrow the government. If you want here is a Wikipedia article about them They got some house arrest Edit: I have added a Wayback link to the MOU.
How strange that this is not seen as a punishable offense? I’m not Canadian, not familiar with sedition laws there, but there are countries where articles like these would put you in jail immediately.
Edit: Maybe someone with legal experience can explain it using this as reference: https://www.criminalcodehelp.ca/offences/crimes-against-authority/what-is-sedition/ ?
Wow, I figured we didn’t have laws like that here. A few years ago we had a bunch of honkies drive on down to Ottawa. They had a website with their plans, and they literally said they were going there to overthrow the government. If you want here is a Wikipedia article about them
They got some house arrest
Edit: I have added a Wayback link to the MOU.