“The Liberal government introduced Bill C-9 , the Combatting Hate Act , in September 2025. Although it is aimed at preventing hate crimes, it instead threatens the Charter rights and civil liberties of all people in Canada, including those communities that the government wishes to help protect,” writes the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. The House passed it but the Senate is not finished with it yet, and thus it is not beyond the possibility of at least alterations. So I wrote adapted the template to send this letter. I am alarmed that the proposed Combatting Hate Act (Bill C-9), which the government has said is meant to prevent hate crimes, will instead threaten the Charter rights and civil liberties of all people in Canada, including those communities that the government wishes to help protect. We already have laws against hate speech. If hate speech is on the increase despite them, is it possible that adding legislation is not the answer? If we ar...
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