“We have to be aware of the impact of our words, our actions on others.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended freedom of expression on Friday, October 30, while believing that it had limits.
“We will always defend freedom of expression”, he said, in response to a question about the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad, as did Charlie hebdo. “But freedom of expression is not without limits”, argued Justin Trudeau at a press conference, specifying that “we owe it to ourselves to act with respect for others and to seek not to arbitrarily or unnecessarily injure those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet”.
“For example, we are not allowed to cry fire in a crowded cinema, there are always limits”