Office of the President Cabinet du président - Re: Reintroducing Bill C-36 to combat dramatic rise in hate crimes

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 284 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0H8 Dear Minister Lametti: Re: Reintroducing Bill C-36 to combat dramatic rise in hate crimes We are writing on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association to urge the Government of Canada to introduce legislation to combat the recent and dramatic rise in hate crimes, particularly against Canada’s lesbian, gay, bisex. [...] The CBA is a national association of 37,000 members, including lawyers, notaries, academics and students across Canada, with a mandate to seek improvements in the law and the administration of justice. [...] It would make it a discriminatory practice to communicate or cause to be communicated hate speech on the internet that is likely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination. [...] Brunelle-Duceppe@parl.gc.ca) Lisa Jorgensen, Director of Policy, Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, (Lisa. [...] v Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act and to make related amendments to another Act (hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech), online.