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Jun 23, 2021 · We have a responsibility to victims to take action to combat hate online and continue to build a more inclusive Canada. This proposed legislation takes an important step towards creating a safe online environment that protects all Canadians from hate speech and hate crimes. This initiative will also help to ensure that individuals have access ...
May 14, 2024 · The Trudeau regime has introduced an Orwellian new law called the Online Harms Bill C-63, which will give police the power to retroactively search the Internet for "hate speech" violations and ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Creating stronger laws to help protect all people in Canada from hatred, on and offline, by creating a definition of “hatred” in the Criminal Code, increasing penalties for existing hate propaganda offences, creating a standalone hate crime offence and creating an additional set of remedies for online hate speech in the Canadian Human Rights Act;
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Aug 20, 2020 · It aims to support the Commission’s efforts to better understand hate speech in Canada and to respond through research, public consultation, stakeholder outreach and other forms of democratic engagement. It begins by providing an overview of hate speech and its relationship to freedom of expression in Canadian law.
Feb 26, 2024 · Definition of “hate speech” The Bill would define “hate speech” in the CHRA and empower individuals and groups to file complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against users who post hate speech online. As part of the proposed amendments, “hate speech” would be defined based on Supreme Court of Canada decisions. The Bill ...
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Oct 10, 2024 · The Government of Canada has introduced the Online Harms Bill C-63 to regulate and suppress "harmful speech." The Bill requires social media companies to remove certain speech, failing which they will incur substantial fines. It re-introduces s.13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, allowing government censors to investigate and prosecute online ...
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Feb 26, 2024 · The federal government is introducing its long-awaited online harms legislation today, after its last attempt to tackle online hate died when the 2021 federal election was called.
