Dear Editor,

Re: Mark Donnelly鈥檚 dismissal [Vancouver Canucks owner cuts ties with anthem singer who planned to sing at COVID protest, langleyadvancetimes.com, Dec. 4]

It is a very sad day for Canada when democracy and civil rights are subverted by a corporation or by an individual.

A citizen鈥檚 right to express their own viewpoints publicly is our cornerstone to freedoms that all Canadians have, or at least had, until recently.

To allow an employer to end someone鈥檚 livelihood, or allow someone鈥檚 voice that is opining with a divergent viewpoint to oneself, to be quashed, is the line in the sand that has been crossed.

We live in a free society, not a socialist or communist society where people do not have the freedom of speech or freedom of diversity in opinion.

This is not about masks, this is about the suppression of basic human and Canadian rights.

All Canadians have the right to express their viewpoints freely without a backlash from their employers.

Shame on the Canucks Corporation for practicing anti-free speech actions.

Arlene Laing, Walnut Grove

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