hate crimes

A series of steps would need to happen before a judge can restrict a person's movement because of fears they could commit a hate crime, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said on Thursday as he defended a suite of tougher penalties to combat hate.

Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism.

Quebec's human rights commission is calling on the provincial government to come up with a plan to fight racism and discrimination in the wake of a new report on abuse against minorities.

Canadian Muslims suffer the damage caused by Islamophobic rhetoric, but have no recourse because parliamentary privilege protects those who espouse such toxic messages from accountability.

Jewish communities and citizens across Canada gathered together over the weekend to commemorate the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and condemn what one rabbi described as "an outrageous act of evil."

Police-reported hate crimes in Canada spiked in 2016 for the third year in a row, and became much more violent, according to new data from Canada's national statistical agency.

On Wednesday, National Observer launched a new membership campaign to power its reporting on racism, Islamophobia and threats to human rights.

A survey suggests Canadians have a generally positive impression of Muslims but that view doesn't apply to some of the religion's leadership and beliefs.

The Year in Hate and Extremism

Muslim outreach co-ordinator says Donald Trump's rhetoric "absolutely" influenced pepper-sprayer whose attack sent one toddler to hospital and left others vomiting outside a Vancouver Muslim centre.