This bill, a proposed law to amend the Criminal Code, aims to update Canada’s hate-crime laws by:

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• Creating new offences in the Criminal Code for intimidation and obstruction that impedes someone’s access to places like places of worship, schools, or senior residences.

• Making hate-motivated conduct  a specific offence, clarifying how hate crimes are defined and prosecuted.

• Criminalizing the willful promotion of hatred against identifiable groups by displaying certain hate or terrorist symbols in public.

• Adding a statutory definition of “hatred” to clarify the law.

• Removing the requirement that the Attorney General must consent before hate propaganda charges can proceed, meaning police could lay these charges without that prior approval.

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In effect, expressing your opinion could be interpreted as a hate crime and result in criminal charges.  If this passes, there is a potential for unprecedented, extreme persecution of Christians in Canada. We ask that you join us in prayer that this proposal does not become law.