And refusing to pay the fines, as someone like JP says he would do, could result in jail time.
And lets be real, legalities aside, on a practical level, its gonna stir shit up; whether its because the courts interpret it this or that way, or whether people are sensitive/crazy, the possibilities are endless, as an example here:
Lindsay Shepherd, a TA at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, was reprimanded by the university, NOT for even using the wrong pronoun, but simply for using the youtube clip during a lecture which showed a debate about usage of pronouns (and specifically, for not telling the students that one of the positions in the debate is 'wrong'.
A full account of the event can be found on Rubin Report episode "
Lindsay Shepherd LIVE: Free Speech Battle with Laurier University", and a full recording of the interrogation session - in which the university officials very specifically cited C-16!!! - is also available on Youtube (although One of Canada's newspapers published a full transcript as well:
Practically speaking, whether or not the bill clarifies what is acceptable or not... it's still gonna lead to consequences like this regardless.
Given all this, I don't think what JP said was that much of a stretch.