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Human Rights & Equality

Hate Crimes & Hate Speech platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Present a National Action Plan on Combating Hate by 2022 as part of a renewed Anti-Racism Strategy.
  • Establish a National Support Fund for Survivors of Hope-Motivated Crimes to help with uninsured costs for survivors.

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Present a National Action Plan on Combating Hate by 2022 as part of a renewed Anti-Racism Strategy. It will include recommendations from the Antisemitism and Islamophobia summits and specific action on combatting hate crimes in Canada, including possible amendments to the Criminal Code, training and tools for public safety agencies, and investments to support digital literacy and prevent radicalization to violence.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

Establish a National Support Fund for Survivors of Hate-Motivated Crimes to help survivors with any uninsured costs that they have had to bear such as, mental health care, physiotherapy, medical equipment, and paramedical services.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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Conservative
  • Clearly criminalise statements that encourage violence against people or identifiable groups, focusing on online incitement.
  • Provide $25M to law enforcement to quickly investigate online threats of violence, hate speech, & disinformation campaigns by foreign governments or extremist groups.
  • Require social media platforms to remove illegal content, such as content that incites violence.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Hate Crimes & Hate Speech.

NDP
  • Work to ensure all major cities have dedicated hate crime units within local police forces.
  • Convene a national working group to counter online hate.
  • Set national standards for identifying & recording all hate incidents.
  • Create a national action plan to dismantle far-right extremist organisations.
  • Make social media platforms legally responsible for removing hateful & extremist content.

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It’s time for the federal government to tackle white supremacism, terrorism and the growing threat of hate crimes targeting communities in Canada. We will begin work immediately to ensure that all major cities have dedicated hate crime units within local police forces, and to convene a national working group to counter online hate. New Democrats will always stand up against all forms of hate, racism, including anti-Black racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, gender-based violence, homophobia, and transphobia.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

New Democrats will take on white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups with a national action plan to dismantle far-right extremist organizations, including those that promote white supremacy. We’ll establish national standards for identifying and recording all hate incidents and their dispensation in the justice system and work in collaboration with non-profits to increase the reporting of hate crimes.

Anti-Semitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate are too often allowed to flourish on the internet. A New Democrat government will convene a national working group to counter online hate and protect public safety, and make sure that social media platforms are legally responsible for the removal of hateful and extremist content before it can do harm.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Green
Develop better guidelines to address the weaponisation of free expression to promote hate speech & propaganda.

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