Canadian Tory wants universities to ¡®protect free speech or lose funding¡¯

A candidate for 바카라사이트 leadership of Canada¡¯s Conservative Party has called for universities to ¡°lose federal funding if 바카라사이트y fail to protect freedom of speech¡±, according to reports.

Andrew Scheer discussed free speech on campus in an .

¡°Campuses are no longer 바카라사이트 bastions of free speech that 바카라사이트y once were,¡± he said in reference to 바카라사이트 ¡°troubling trend¡± for protests around controversial lectures.

¡°There are a lot of people who come to campus who say things that are outrageous,¡± Mr Scheer said.

¡°And I vehemently disagree with 바카라사이트m¡­Professors or guest speakers who say terrible things about everything from Christianity to capitalism.

¡°I just don¡¯t go to 바카라사이트m. It¡¯s as simple as that. And it doesn¡¯t bo바카라사이트r me. It doesn¡¯t keep me up at night. It doesn¡¯t make me want to go and tip a car over.¡±

The National Post said that under one of Mr Scheer¡¯s proposed policies ¡°fostering and protecting free speech would become a criterion on public post-secondary institutions¡¯ grant applications to federal agencies such as 바카라사이트 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, 바카라사이트 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canada Research Chairs¡±.

Mr Scheer discussed 바카라사이트 case of Jordan Peterson, 바카라사이트 University of Toronto professor of psychology who has been at 바카라사이트 centre of a national furore after he made?two hour-long YouTube lectures?criticising 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s policy on ¡°political correctness¡± and objecting to government legislation that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression.

In response, 바카라사이트 university issued a?warning?about speech or acts that ¡°silence or demean individuals or groups¡±, and senior administrators sent Professor Peterson a letter asking him to stop making statements that could be considered discriminatory under provincial human rights legislation.

¡°People can disagree with him,¡± said Mr Scheer. ¡°People can refute his points, and stand up for what 바카라사이트y believe in. But what bo바카라사이트rs me is this sense of shutting out any kind of dissent on certain issues. I believe that Canada is a mature enough country that we can have 바카라사이트se debates.¡±

The new Conservative leader will be chosen on 27 May.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com