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Pearl Eliadis on the Gap Between Hate Speech and Discriminatory Speech | CBC Listen

Published: 12 March 2026

February 12, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis recently appeared on CBC Radio’s Can You Joke About That?, a documentary on edgy comedy featured on CBC Radio Specials. Discussing the Supreme Court decision in the case involving comedian Mike Ward, Eliadis argued that while the Court’s majority concluded the routine targeted Ward’s celebrity persona rather than disability, and therefore did not meet the legal threshold for hate speech, the ruling highlights a gap in the law. She noted that speech can still be discriminatory or harmful even if it does not meet the strict legal definition of hate speech, suggesting the Court may have missed an opportunity to address damaging forms of expression that fall outside that category.

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