Episode

HANNAFORD: Compelled speech, the new threat to free expression in Canada

Podcast: Western Standard Shows
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Duration seconds: 1428
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Summary

Tonight on Hannaford, a Victoria man talks about his experience of it at the University of Victoria. George Ramsay, a recent kinesiology grad, had to endure years of ritualistic indigenous land acknowledgements and instruction that looked more like indoctrination. He had the courage to refuse to give in to what he calls ‘compelled speech.'