No = The claim by Peterson is two-fold. First it mentions Canada, and then "English Common Law", a kind of a confusing expression because [English Law][1] is one thing and [Common Law][2] is another, so I will stick to answering the claim about Canada since that was what the conversation was about and where Peterson [made a bit of splash][3]. The law in question is... [**Bill C-16 2016, *An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Act_to_amend_the_Canadian_Human_Rights_Act_and_the_Criminal_Code). Bill C-16 made [the following changes](https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identity-rights-bill-c-16-explained)... > Bill C-16 added the words “gender identity or expression” to three places. > First: It was added to the Canadian Human Rights Act, joining a list of identifiable groups that are protected from discrimination. These groups include age, race, sex, religion and disability, among others. > Second: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code that targets hate speech — defined as advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred — where it joins other identifiable groups. > Third: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code dealing with sentencing for hate crimes. If there’s evidence that an offence is motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, it can be taken into account by the courts during sentencing. > The bill, which enshrines the rights of transgender or gender-diverse Canadians by including them under human rights and hate-crime laws, has sparked some debate. Critics voiced concerns that the law will penalize citizens who do not use specific pronouns when referring to gender diverse people. This last bit is what Jordan Peterson is expressing, but he is wrong, since no provisions were made by Bill C-16 to criminalise the use of pronouns. [This video explains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3oh3dhnoM) miss Peterson's mistake. <sub>P.S: Yes, that was deliberate, and not a crime in the US, Canada, England or Sweden where I reside.</sub> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law [3]: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+a+splash