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Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police and staff
Original: Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees
Montreal's city council has adopted a bylaw that bans insulting police officers and municipal employees. The measure, reported by CBC News, would make verbal abuse of city and police workers an offence, raising immediate questions about how it will be enforced and whether it conflicts with free expression protections. Critics are likely to challenge its scope, while supporters frame it as protecting frontline workers from abuse.
Why now: Free speech advocates and the public are debating whether a ban on insulting officials is enforceable and constitutional.
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