If you want a preview of the sort of chaos Canada’s Online Harms Act could lead to, you need look no further than the land of my ancestors—Scotland.

There, we continue to see insane policies from this once-sensible country. The previous leader of the ruling Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, made the right of transgender inmates to serve their time in women’s prisons her hill to die on and that was the end of her leadership, although she remains a member of the Scottish Parliament. Now, Scots are in thrall to a leader following the same woke agenda, First Minister Humza Yousaf.

Famous for expressing his profound alarm at the number of white people in charge of things in Scotland (where 95 percent of people are white), Mr. Yousaf has made himself the target of civil libertarians due to a crackdown on what he calls hate speech.
It is now illegal in Scotland to behave toward or communicate material to anyone in a fashion that a “reasonable person” (let me know when you find one) would agree is “threatening or abusive.” If a court finds that the statements are capable of stirring up hatred against a protected group (race, religion, orientation, age, etc.). The person convicted of saying these bad things could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison.