Quebec tables Bill 32 allowing 'any word' to be uttered in university classrooms

A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said. "Classrooms are not safe spaces; they are spaces for debate," McCann said, rejecting a common notion championed on university campuses across North America that students should not have to be exposed to certain kinds of hateful speech.

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