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Jan 28 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Canada’s hate problem is reaching new heights, but its justice system has failed to dissuade prolific purveyors of hate and discrimination who repeatedly target vulnerable groups, an Investigative Journalism Bureau/Toronto Star investigation has found. torstar.co/s2sv50HGpH1
The three men featured in this story have faced up to four separate hearings — whether criminal, civil, or under human rights legislation — for alleged acts of hatred or discrimination.
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Each has been found by a court or tribunal to have engaged in hateful or discriminatory behaviour, received penalties or orders to stop, and then proceeded to carry out similar acts in open defiance.
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“These repeat offenders don’t take hate seriously because they don’t think the judicial system takes it seriously,” says Ena Chadha, a leading human rights lawyer and former chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
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“If the judicial system appears powerless to curtail this, as we see in times of crisis like the pandemic where racist attacks have flourished, it feels like we’re enabling them and emboldening them,” said Chadha.
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Across Canada in 2020, law enforcement reported 2,669 crimes believed to be motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, including public incitement of hatred, uttering threats and assault.
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The annual total was the highest since comparable data became available in 2009 and up 37 per cent over 2019.
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This includes increases of 92 per cent in anti-Black, 152 per cent in anti-Indigenous and 301 per cent in anti-East/Southeast-Asian hate crime reports nationally, and “unprecedented” growth in Toronto, according to city police.

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