In a free country, professionals should not lose their jobs and licenses because they express a political opinion contrary to the licensing body that is mandated by the government. Here in Canada, though, through the cancel culture and the woke movement, we are seeing the idea that someone can lose their job, their status, and their ability to study, because of their political opinions.
00:00:00.000So the Ontario College of Psychologists has told Jordan Peterson that he either undergo retraining for social media etiquette or lose his license to practice as a clinical psychologist.
00:00:17.320This follows a number of complaints by people who don't like his online posts, one of which is a retweet of something I posted, another is a criticism of Justin Trudeau.
00:00:28.800Now, it should go without saying that in a free country, professionals should not lose their jobs and licenses because they express a political opinion contrary to the licensing body that's mandated by the government.
00:00:43.680But, of course, in saying this, my liberal critics in the media will, of course, say, well, Polyev agrees with freedom of speech for someone like Dr. Peterson, therefore he must endorse everything Dr. Peterson has ever said.
00:00:57.140Well, of course not. I don't endorse 100% of everything anyone has ever said.
00:01:03.540There's no two people in the world who agree 100% of the time on 100% of things.
00:01:08.340And so I'm sure there is something he's posted that I do object to, but that is not the point because freedom of speech only matters when you disagree.
00:01:15.420I mean, if we all agreed, we wouldn't need freedom of speech because no one has ever tried to censor someone for saying something that they agree with.
00:01:22.840It is only when there is a disagreement that it matters.
00:01:26.960And that's what distinguishes Canada, a free country, from dictatorships.
00:01:32.060Dictators don't censor things their citizens say that the dictator agrees with, only things they disagree with.
00:01:37.700Here in Canada, though, unfortunately, through the cancel culture and the woke movement we've seen at university campuses, in the media, and now increasingly in big, powerful corporations,
00:01:50.780and most recently with a professional licensing body, we're seeing the idea that someone can lose their job, their status, their ability to study,
00:02:02.300because they express something that is contrary to the government line.
00:02:07.180Now, I don't believe that is the Canada we want.
00:02:10.040We have Section 2B of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.