Insights on Free and Compelled Speech

Shahdin Farsai, a refugee from Iran, became a Canadian lawyer in 2016. In 2021, Shahdin became embroiled in Canada’s Woke wars after submitting an article to the BC legal magazine The Advocate suggesting that BC Supreme Court directives advising lawyers to provide their “correct” gender pronouns, constituted compelled speech. The Advocate initially agreed to print her article but then succumbed to pressure to cancel it. Shahdin’s article was then published by the magazine Canadian Lawyer but it was removed after a similar campaign. Later in 2021, Shahdin seconded a controversial motion at the BC Law Society’s annual meeting affirming that no topic should be exempt from professional debate. It was narrowly defeated. Join New Enlightenment Project president Lloyd Robertson in discussion with Shahdin Farsi on the significance of these events on law, humanism and broader Canadian society.

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