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The phrase “a solution in search of a problem” suggests free speech is not threatened on Ontario’s campuses. In case The Canadian Association of University Teachers is unaware, here are some examples.

Jordan Peterson was unable to speak to an audience at McMaster because protesters used noise making devices to drown him out.

Faith Goldy was speaking at Wilfred Laurier University when a protester pulled the fire alarm, cancelling the speech.

Ann Coulter was to speak at the University of Ottawa, until protesters harassed the registration area and pulled a fire alarm.

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Other events have been cancelled before they could begin due to the threat of violence.

Here is the test. If you feel any of those people I just named should not be allowed to speak, you do not believe in free speech. We have laws around the few limits on free speech and none of them are because you don’t like it.

I would have hoped the Canadian Association of University Teachers would be smarter than they seem to be — or at least less militant. I would never try to stop them from speaking. They are amusing, apparently.

I did look for examples of left-leaning speakers being shut down at an Ontario university by conservatives, and I couldn’t find one. Let me know if you have an example.

Press Progress — they call themselves “Canada’s most shared source for progressive news and information” — actually wrote, “In practice, Ford’s policy would effectively create a safe space for anti-abortion groups and alt-right speakers.”