MPs call for tougher hate-crime laws

by Barry ORegan | June 9, 2008 at 08:14 am
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Canada has some of the toughest hate laws in the world, unfortunately, we have most of the spineless judges in the world, who do not have the intestinal fortitude to enact or interpret these laws. 

Cowardly acts against our Canadian Children and their school, because of culture, shows both the offenders and the courts who took an oath to defend it's citizens against
outright Hate Crime shows a lack of backbone of the Justice system. 

Montreal suffering more than one occasion of cultural hate mongering against Canadian Jews by those against Israels involvement in Palestine, where Montreal Jewish cemetaries were destroyed and synagogues desecrated with Swatikas. Then there are Canadian Muslims who are unfairly targeted and painted with the same brush because of a few Islamic Zealots who preach hate against Western Culture.

Time to give this Hatemongering a Rest, this Canada, not downtown Iraq or Tel Aviv.

If they had a National program where people would guess for money which is which religion (As most hate crimes are over religion) and everyone wearing identical clothes and hairstyles, I would defy most people to be able to differentiate between, Muslim, Jew, Christian, Protestant, Buddhist, Gay, Vegan, Mennonite, Liberal or Conservative.

So kind of senseless to hate someone for their beliefs, beliefs though, that do not preach hate against others. That I have no problem with, as do most people.

As for being able to pick out who is who in a crowd of identically dressed people? No one can! 

MPs call for tougher hate-crime laws

Elizabeth Thompson, Canwest News Service

Published: Monday, April 14, 2008

OTTAWA -- When vandals attacked a Montreal Muslim school last year it took thousands of dollars to replace the school's shattered windows and months of counselling to help its traumatized students.

But no amount of money and no amount of counselling could completely erase the nagging worry that it could happen again -- or the knowledge that, under Canada's Criminal Code, the hate-based attack on their school carries no more penalty than spray-painting initials on a wall.

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