JCCF challenges University of Manitoba Student Union on campus free speech

WINNIPEG: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has sent a legal warning letter to the University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU), which has threatened to remove club status from a campus pro-life club because some students find the club’s expression offensive.  The University of Manitoba Students for a Culture of Life (UMSCL) held a pro-life display on campus (at the Curry Place Pedway) from September 23-25, 2013.

UMSU has accused the campus pro-life club of “creating an unsafe environment for students” based not on any misbehaviour on the part of club members, but purely on the basis of the opinions and beliefs that the club expressed.  UMSU plans to hold a vote on Monday October 7 on a Motion to revoke the club’s status as a student group on campus.  Such Motion, if passed, would effectively silence UMSCL and preclude it from holding further events, activities or displays on campus.   (more...)

JCCF challenges University of Manitoba Student Union on campus free speech