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To: russet who wrote (36612)	10/7/2025 9:33:59 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37569

You don't understand the proposed Bill C-9. It is a victory for free speech. It proposes to repeal the requirement that the Attorney General consent to the institution of proceedings for hate propaganda offences. It has a new section for hate crimes added. The crime must be contain an indictable offence under any Act of parliament. The proposed penalties are not for hate speech but for hate crimes. Everyone who is found guilty of an indictable offence under subsection (1) is liable to a term of imprisonment of not more than (a) five years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the included offence is two years or more but less than five years; (b) 10 years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the included offence is five years or more but less than 10 years; (c) 14 years, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the included offence is 10 years or more but less than 14 years; or (d) life, if the maximum term of imprisonment for the included offence is 14 years or more and up to imprisonment for life. Here is a summary of the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code: (a) repeal the requirement that the Attorney General consent to the institution of proceedings for hate propaganda offences; (b) create an offence of wilfully promoting hatred against any identifiable group by displaying certain symbols in a public place; (c) create a hate crime offence of committing an offence under that Act or any other Act of Parliament that is motivated by hatred based on certain factors; (d) create an offence of intimidating a person in order to impede them from accessing certain places that are primarily used for religious worship or by an identifiable group for certain purposes; and (e) create an offence of intentionally obstructing or interfering with a person’s lawful access to such places. For item (b) the maximun punishment is two years. parl.ca