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Last week, the NDP’s Leah Gazan tabled a <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;private member\u2019s bill&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-413&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-413">private member’s bill</a> that effectively proposed to jail Canadians for having politically inadvisable opinions.

Attempting to criminalize 'residential school denialism' is one of six bills since 2021 that have sought to control what Canadians can say{ai:summary}NDP MP Leah Gazan introduced a private member's bill aimed at penalizing Canadians for holding politically undesirable views. The proposal has sparked significant debate regarding freedom of expression in the country. #politics

FIRST READING: All the times the current Parliament has tried to limit free expression

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