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Bryan May’s policy on campus free speech

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Should the government withhold funding from universities that fail to protect controversial free speech on campus?

BM>BM  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, universities must autonomously enforce conduct codes to protect marginalized students from targeted hate speech

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Very strongly agree

No, universities must autonomously enforce conduct codes to protect marginalized students from targeted hate speech

This aligns with the Liberal Party's emphasis on balancing Charter rights with the protection of marginalized groups from hate speech and ensuring inclusive environments. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No

The party maintains that post-secondary institutions are capable of self-governance and that federal interference in funding violates the principle of academic independence. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No, using financial leverage to dictate acceptable campus speech is a dangerous authoritarian overreach

The Liberal Party often characterizes Conservative proposals to tie funding to speech requirements as an overreach into academic freedom and provincial jurisdiction. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes, universities are marketplaces of ideas where protecting offensive speech is essential to intellectual rigor

While the Liberals value intellectual rigor, they do not agree that withholding funding is the correct mechanism to protect controversial speech. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes

The Liberal Party generally supports institutional autonomy for universities and views punitive funding measures as an inappropriate tool for managing campus discourse. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes, taxpayers should not fund ideological echo chambers that cancel dissenting viewpoints

This framing uses rhetoric typically employed by Conservative opponents to characterize universities; the Liberal platform rejects the notion that institutions are merely ideological echo chambers. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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