Popular, pleasant and agreeable speech doesn't need legal protection. The way Canada handles unpopular speech is simply not compatible with freedom of speech as we define it here.
That said, this particular case doesn't have much to do with hate speech and other areas where a clear difference can be seen between US and Canadian law. There are cases in the US where a publisher has been penalized simply for linking to infringed intellectual property -- notably https://w2.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20020703_eff_2600... -- and that takes away a lot of our moral authority to criticize Canada for misguided decisions like this one. If 2600 Magazine were Canadian, we would certainly have brought our own legal pressure to bear against your country to try to force you to comply with our IP laws.
That said, this particular case doesn't have much to do with hate speech and other areas where a clear difference can be seen between US and Canadian law. There are cases in the US where a publisher has been penalized simply for linking to infringed intellectual property -- notably https://w2.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20020703_eff_2600... -- and that takes away a lot of our moral authority to criticize Canada for misguided decisions like this one. If 2600 Magazine were Canadian, we would certainly have brought our own legal pressure to bear against your country to try to force you to comply with our IP laws.