It's our season 8 premiere, and we're chatting about freedom of expression issues with Abbas Kassam, from the Ryerson Centre for Free Expression!
Topics: Toronto's council reconfiguration, Quebec comedy at the SCC, anti-SLAPP motions and more.
⚫ How did the reconfiguration of Toronto's city council impact the rights of political speech? (5:46)
⚫ How does the right to dignity interact with the right to free expression in the context of comedy? (15:14)
⚫ How are courts dealing with anti-SLAPP motions? (25:56)
⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (36:36)
🔵 What role do comedians have in forming the limits of freedom of expression? (37:25)
🔵 Should there be any differences in how speech laws apply in the digital versus non-digital space? (41:01)
🔵 Do you anticipate that the Freedom Convoy (and similar movements) will change the conversation /laws regarding freedom of expression? (43:33)
🔵 What is it that keeps you engaged in freedom of expression projects? (47:38)
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