Umstrittenes Anti-Hass-Gesetz hat die endgültige Abstimmung im Repräsentantenhaus bestanden und geht nun in den Senat über Die Liberalen haben mit dem Block einen Deal zur Verabschiedung des Gesetzentwurfs C-9 ausgehandelt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-9-anti-hate-religious-exemption-hate-speech-9.7142455
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Some of the salient issues:
>Bill C-9 — dubbed the Combatting Hate Act — proposes new Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols.
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>The bill passed third reading with support of the Bloc Québécois on Wednesday night. Conservatives and the NDP voted against the legislation.
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>The Liberals got Bloc support by including a clause that would remove the religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech law.
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>The Criminal Code currently includes an exemption for hate speech, „if, in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.“
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>The Senate must study the bill before it officially becomes law — and the upper chamber may still make suggestions to change the legislation.
It will be interesting to see if the senate will propose any changes during that process.
Every time I start thinking there’s not much difference between the Liberals and Conservatives and maybe I should stop voting strategically, the CPC comes along with a point of view like „religious hate speech should be protected“ and changes my mind.
Um, that’s a wild exemption. I thought Quebec was committed to there secularism? (sarcastically) oh no, that only extends to some religious traditions..that Thay think will run afoul of anti-hate laws but don’t want to stop… Interesting move Bloc.
>The Criminal Code currently includes an exemption for hate speech, „if, in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.“
If it is harmful enough warrant criminal prosecution then I struggle to support allowing some folks to avoid criminal charges simply because they have firmly held beliefs *that support their hatred.* I’m glad the Liberals accepted the Bloc’s amendment.
>The Conservatives aggressively pushed back against the inclusion of the clause that would remove that exemption, arguing it amounted to an „assault“ on religious freedoms.
They’re not wrong. This is definitely an assault on the ability to wield religious freedom as a means to spread hatred. We ought to recognize that there are Canadians who use their faith as a tool to defend their hatred.