Margaret Atwood arrives on the red carpet for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
Justice Minister Arif Virani is defending his government's Online Harms Bill after celebrated Canadian writer Margaret Atwood shared views comparing the new legislation to George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Asked about Atwood's comment during an event in Toronto, Virani said there's a lack of understanding about Bill C-63 and how to combat hate. Speaking on the Public Policy Forum's "WONK" podcast, former chief justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin said society is changing. "I do predict that this is going to be challenged in the courts," McLachlin told host Edward Greenspon.
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