July 28, 2026
Bill C-9 Is Now Law—What Happens to Free Speech?
With Allan and Corri Hunsperger · Guest: Leighton Grey
Lawyer, author and Grey Matter host Leighton Grey examines Bill C-9 and the threat he believes Canada’s new hate-speech provisions pose to religious teaching, public debate and online expression. He explains how vague definitions of hatred can give police, prosecutors and activists greater power over speech, why the legal process itself can become the punishment, and how similar laws have played out in Great Britain. Grey also challenges Christians to speak truth peacefully and courageously, even when biblical convictions risk causing offence. His book Trials, Tribulations, and Truth is available on Amazon.
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In this episode
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- 00:00 Foundational message: If My people
- 03:40 Bill C-9 becomes law in Canada
- 04:21 Guest comes in: Leighton Grey
- 05:02 The criminalization of free speech
- 06:53 Could religious teaching become a crime?
- 08:09 When the process becomes the punishment
- 09:42 Feelings, harm and the manipulation of language
- 11:27 Who stands to lose under Bill C-9?
- 14:20 Does Canada still have free speech?
- 16:12 Speaking truth even when it offends
- 18:22 Daniel’s respectful defiance
- 19:25 Canada’s test of faith
- 21:33 Don’t let fear silence you
- 24:29 Will falsely accused Canadians have any recourse?
- 25:03 What happened under similar laws in Britain
- 25:55 The court challenges likely to come
- 27:23 Leighton Grey’s show and new book
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