There are many books that are banned in Canada and elsewhere in the world, for various reasons. Though Canada promotes freedom of speech, there is still some sort of censorship on the reading material that one receives from the public library or school. Referring to the article, A hot list of banned books, I believe some common elements that people see in books that they like to ban is sexual content, racism, religion, and politics.
One common element that people see in books they like to ban is sexuality. Personally I do not like the idea of allowing students to read books with sexual content or foul language; because school is suppose to be an environment where one discovers themselves and with such reading material a student will learn nothing of value.
Another element that I have observed in banned books is religion. Religious leaders ban books that are threatening to their faith. These leaders ban such books to protect the members of their faith from immoral and obscene ideas such as; homosexuality, pornography, and infidelity.
And lastly, the government or politics also play a major role when it comes to banning certain books. The government may ban some books to avoid embarrassment, a threat, criticism or failure of leadership.
I believe it is important that Canada ban some books because some books may not be age appropriate for students, or they maybe disturbing to the reader because of discrimination or racism and etc. I do not think that this is devaluing freedom of speech but rather it is only giving more value to freedom of peaceful assembly.
Research source (Internet):
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/A_hot_list_of_banned_books-6339.aspx
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