Feds’ attempt to codify hate still not salvageable despite C-63 division, say Conservatives, civil society groups

The decision to cleave online harms from hate crimes in Bill C-63 is ‘a step in the right direction,’ but the outstanding punishment proposals are ‘irrational,’ says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Benjamin Roebuck, Canada’s ombudsperson for victims of crime, centre, holds a news conference to present his office's study on Canada's response to hate crimes on Dec. 10.

Despite recent recommendations from the federal ombudsperson for the victims of crime, the Liberals' attempt to codify hate as a standalone criminal offence may be unfixable, even after splitting it in two, says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

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