Trudeau was commenting on a series of events that have rocked the French nation, after a French teacher was beheaded for showing his students a Charlie Hebdo cartoon which depicted the Prophet Mohammed.
While the French President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for the nation's secularism, Justin Trudeau implied that there was no point in doing things that unnecessarily hurt others.
Trudeau told reporters in French that he would "always defend freedom of expression, but freedom of expression is not without limits."
Trudeau continued by equating the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with crying fire in a crowded theatre:
"We don't have the right, for example, to cry fire in a crowded cinema; there are always limits. In a pluralistic, diverse and respectful society like ours, we must be aware of the impact of our words, of our actions on others, particularly these communities and populations who still experience enormous discrimination."















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