Justice committee  On the point of education, though, in Saskatchewan we have created a pedagogy that answers the questions, what does it mean to be a Canadian citizen and what are the rights of citizenship, and also, what are the responsibilities that go with those rights, and how do you build and maintain respect for every citizen.

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  The short answer is no.

Justice committee  I have experience in criminal courts and I would say this. Human rights transgressions fit much better under human rights legislation, with the proper tools for human rights commissions to deal with them, than hate being dealt with in the Criminal Code. I agree with Ms. Maillet's observation.

Justice committee  I don't know who you're referring to, sir. I can't hear you.

Justice committee  Okay. I don't want to give an opinion on Mr. Warman and whether his actions are ethical, but my fundamental point is that the Criminal Code is a very high standard. Proving intent beyond a reasonable doubt is almost impossible. Look at the Supreme Court of Canada, which says the best place to deal with these issues is in the Canadian Human Rights Act or human rights commissions, because it's a civil process, which is much more amenable.

Justice committee  I would say that Heritage Canada should pay attention to these issues, and that Heritage Canada should look to ensure that digital literacy is available to all students in Canada from grades K to 12 on a coast-to-coast basis. I had other things to say, Chair; however, I'll close with that.

Justice committee  Thank you very much for the invitation and the opportunity. There's been a proliferation of hate speech online, propaganda, radicalism and obscenity. In 2016, Cision documented a 600% increase in the amount of hate speech in social media postings between November 2015 and November 2016.

Justice committee  Good morning.

Human Resources committee  The default position would be to make sure you're hearing and ensuring the lived experience is understood. As pointed out by one of the committee members earlier, persons without disabilities don't fully understand the impediments and barriers put before them. I would certainly have no hesitation saying that two-thirds would make reasonable sense, as we've heard earlier.

Human Resources committee  It is. In the Saskatchewan context, there are a number of organizations that can rule or have input into human rights issues, which leads to inconsistency and non-uniformity. I was suggesting that the accessibility commissioner should have a statutory base to make representations not only to the human rights tribunal but also, more importantly, to the CRTC, the Canadian Transportation Agency and any other agency that's dealing with accommodation issues.

Human Resources committee  Quite frankly, I wouldn't be able to do that now. I'd have to address that in writing to you later.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I think that can be accommodated in many ways for people with visual or hearing disabilities. There's no undue hardship. There's no argument that works for the discrimination that occurs against Canadians with disabilities trying to exercise such a fundamental right. It's a big issue in Saskatchewan, municipally and provincially.

Human Resources committee  Focusing on the role of the accessibility commissioner, I believe that person could interpret their role in a very significant way, which would continue to educate all Canadians. The mechanism of reporting to Parliament could be accelerated if that person were an independent officer of Parliament.