Canada's CXrackdown On Free Speech

Article - man told to pay gay man $1,000 for comment

Quebec's Human Rights Commission has ordered a used car salesman in Sorel to pay a gay man $1,000 for a derogatory comment made three years ago.
In 2001, Marcel Bardier [called] the man's travelling companion.. a french word that equates to "fag".
The man, who cannot be identified because of a court order, filed a complaint with the Commission which said the comment caused him to feel dehumanized, humiliated and degraded.
Bardier told the Commission that he had nothing against homosexuals, but was simply acting in a fatherly way to the man's companion by warning him of his sexuality.
The Human Rights Commission ruled that the term was an inappropriate way of referring to homosexuals and shows a lack of respect for the human dignity people are entitled to.

1 grand for calling someone a fag. How can the Canadian government actually allow these types of laws?

David Bernstein has a good article about this here.

I simply find it degrading to prevent one person from disliking another. Sure, the world would be great if people had no grudges, but that's a utopian ideal. I'll quote Bernstein:

A great deal more censorship in Canada seems inevitable. For example, British Columbia's extremely broad hate-speech law prohibits the publication of any statement that "indicates" discrimination or that is "likely" to expose a person or group or class of persons to hatred or contempt. The Canadian thought police are on the march. Hopefully, it is not too late to stop them.