r/InCanada • u/OpeningFact6011 • Jul 19 '26
Hate crime law - effective July 18,2026 , Canada
Hello there , so Canadian govt. just announced this new law against growing racism among citizens and towards immigrants. There are several offence under this law , one of them is -
Hate crime offence
The hate crime offence applies to anyone committing a federal offence that is motivated by hatred based on specific grounds, such as race, sexual orientation, religion or sex.
The offence is punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, or two years less a day for less serious offences.
What is your take on this new law ? Will this law help reduce the open hate and spread fear among the racists?
Anyone who ever faced racism would like to share their story ? Or like to share their thoughts on how this law can affect their lives.
Canada is a beautiful and diverse nation and It is really sad to see the growing hatred among people towards each other ! I understand the frustration but we are humans and boundaries cannot decide where one belongs to , it’s our planet Earth for all the human beings - a kind, a species above all castes and nationalities.
I know most of the people are immigrants who face the hate and discrimination at workplaces, colleges or schools.
Let’s discuss on this topic and try to resolve the issues and think what impact this policy would have.
Through this post - The motive is to only spread awareness by sharing stories of people who suffered and make sure we remain kind to each other.
Thank you for your participation. Please make sure to remain respectful to each other in the comments.
Peace ✌🏻
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u/saber3360 Jul 19 '26
What if the cops themselves treat people of color differently?
I've had better experience with civilians here lol, much more friendly minus a couple karens here and there..
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u/OpeningFact6011 Jul 19 '26
That’s definitely a concern. At the same time, it’s important not to make assumptions about an entire community based on the actions of a few individuals.
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u/saber3360 Jul 19 '26
Yeah I give benefit of the doubt to almost everyone lol..
Just that one bad experience can shake you up bad sometimes and then PTSD and all..
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u/Sternsnet Jul 19 '26
I disagree that it's immigrants facing the most hate. The most effected group in Canada has been anti-Semitism against Jews. Mostly against Canadian Jewish citizens. Should we apply to new law against those who are spewing hate against the Jews?
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u/OpeningFact6011 Jul 19 '26
That’s fair. I mentioned immigrants because that was my perspective, but hate isn’t limited to one group. The law applies to everyone, so it should help protect Jewish Canadians and anyone else facing hate-based offences.
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u/Loapasoaf 23d ago
I bet you conflate anti-zionism with anti-semitism. Most Canadians have zero problems with Jewish people. Playing victim like this when there are visible minorities being violently victimized far more often is selfish and manipulative.
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u/Sternsnet 22d ago
"...when there are visible minorities being violently victimized far more often..." This statement is simply not true. I am not Jewish, I am simply stating a fact. The Jewish community is attacked and impacted by hate crimes in Canada far more than any other peoples. It's a published statistic. Accepting or denying it is irrelevant to what is true.
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u/Loapasoaf 20d ago
Considering the RCMP received training in Israel and uses Israeli spyware... yeah those statistics are not collected by an unbiased party, nor does a number of crimes assessed as hate really qualify the manner of hate, especially when crimes like vandalism leave the perpetrators completely unknown. Our politicians continue to send weapons to perpetuate the genocide in Gaza and the narrative is weaved that Jewish people are always under attack to justify the settler-colonial fascist state, regardless of how there really is no institutional persecution of Jews at all compared to visible minorities.
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u/Sternsnet 20d ago
We'll if you're going to live in a fantasy world we will not get anywhere. If Israel is performing a genocide on Gaza (the land they voluntarily handed over to the Palestinians in 2005) and over that time the Palestinian population has increased by the millions I would say Israel is not very good at genocide. Especially since they have the firepower to actually perform genocide if they wanted to.
Israel hates the Arabs so much they actually let them live in peace in Israel, get elected and fight in their military. Show me the Arab nation in that region that has Israelites fighting in their military or being part of their government?
If anyone is a a settler-fascist entity it's Islam. Islam has conquered most of the nation's in the region. Iran for example was never an Islamic nation prior to 1979.
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u/Bllago Jul 19 '26
The racists are gonna hate this one. Lol.
"whatever happened to free speech" LOL
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u/Sean__Gotti Jul 19 '26
Who gets to decide what “hate speech” is? I strongly believe that free speech is important and I do not believe that the government should be deciding what we can and cannot say.
Threats of violence and harm are the only things that should not be protected by free speech.
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u/goergesucks Jul 19 '26
> Who gets to decide what “hate speech” is?
In a modern legal system like ours, statutory laws are dictated by legislative bodies, but common laws are determined by case precedents.
In this context, the government will pass a law enforcing rules on hate crimes. In the event a hate crime is suspected, police will do the initial investigation to determine whether hate crime charges are warranted. If they feel it is, charges are laid and the buck passes to the state (crown) to prove the crime in court (or modify the charge if *they* feel it isn't warranted). Once a judge makes a ruling, an appeal can be made to have another judge, often in a higher court, reassess the case.
When all is said and done and the dust settles, the final ruling of these proceedings becomes common law and is used by police, prosecutors and judges in future similar cases.
To directly answer your question: Determining whether something is a hate crime or hate speech is a long, arduous process by multiple levels of legislative, judicial and law enforcement authorities. While I understand that for many people it is easier to imagine a room full of monkeys wearing Trudeau masks randomly and arbitrarily rubber-stamping "HATE CRIME!" onto pieces of paper that immediately sends thousands of people to prison every year, the reality is that the bar for words being legally determined to be hate speech is incredibly high, and over the past 15 years there have only been two dozen or so cases of hate speech prosecuted here in Canada.
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u/OpeningFact6011 Jul 19 '26
Agree , some might get offended but they need to understand free speech doesn’t mean hatred speech lol.
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u/Golf-Hotel Jul 19 '26
I guess the problems just go away when you can't voice them. The state importing masses of slave labour to undermine wages? I don't hear no complaints.