Thu Aug 24, 2023 – 2:50 pm EDTThu Aug 24, 2023 – 2:51 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) –– Dr. Jordan Peterson, a best-selling Canadian author and clinical psychologist who gained fame for his vigorous defense of free speech, has lost an appeal against the College of Psychologists of Ontario after they mandated he undergo social media “training” to keep his license.
An Ontario court ruled Wednesday against Peterson’s judicial review of the College of Psychologists of Ontario’s mandate that he take training for social media, a punishment Peterson has said was levied against him after he made posts on X, formerly Twitter, criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and LGBT activists.
The Ontario Divisional Court said that the social media training was allowed as per the college’s mandate to regulate those in the profession and claimed it did not violate his freedom to express himself.
“I have concluded that the application should be dismissed. In my view, the Decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) adequately and reasonably considered Dr. Peterson’s statements in the context of the College’s statutory mandate to regulate the profession in the public interest,” wrote Judge Schabas in his ruling.
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