71: Freedom of Expression Law (Abbas Kassam)

<p>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!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Topics: Toronto's council reconfiguration, Quebec comedy at the SCC, anti-SLAPP motions and more.</p> <p>⚫ How did the reconfiguration of Toronto's city council impact the rights of political speech? (5:46)<br /> ⚫ How does the right to dignity interact with the right to free expression in the context of comedy? (15:14)<br /> ⚫ How are courts dealing with anti-SLAPP motions? (25:56)<br /> ⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (36:36)<br /> 🔵 What role do comedians have in forming the limits of freedom of expression? (37:25)<br /> 🔵 Should there be any differences in how speech laws apply in the digital versus non-digital space? (41:01)<br /> 🔵 Do you anticipate that the Freedom Convoy (and similar movements) will change the conversation /laws regarding freedom of expression? (43:33)<br /> 🔵 What is it that keeps you engaged in freedom of expression projects? (47:38)</p> <p>✨  Read the full episode transcript <strong><a href= "http://lawyeredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LawyeredEp71-Podcast-Transcript.pdf"> <u>HERE</u></a></strong><br /> ✨  Learn more about the episode on the <a href= "http://www.lawyeredpodcast.com/"><u>Lawyered website</u></a><br /> ✨ Help to declutter the law on the <a href= "http://www.lawyeredpodcast.com/patron"><u>Lawyered crowdfunding page</u></a></p>