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More work is needed to see if the social media platform’s fact-checking project is making the grade, according to a new transparency report.

The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of attendees at a conference in Toronto on Monday, May 20, 2019, that Canada's thriving technology sector is a result of the country's openness to immigrants and he hopes Canadians will continue to view immigration positively.

Facebook will ban white nationalism and separatism from its social media platforms starting next week, saying that it recognizes that the beliefs can't meaningfully be separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups, the technology company said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, that his government will do more to protect synagogues and other places of worship from violence as part of an apology for anti-Semitic policies that denied refuge in Canada to Jews fleeing the Holocaust.

Toronto police need to answer for their actions at demonstrations where far-right and anti-facist activists face off. It's not okay to protect one group and leave the other vulnerable.

Given that she belonged to a social media group that openly discussed plans to attend last week's event, it is unlikely the prime minister's security detail or PMO officials were taken by surprise, he added.

Hate speech and the politics of division are creating a "dangerous path" for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, August 20, 2018, as he vowed to steer clear of such roads and to continue calling out those who rely on "extremist" methods to make their voices heard.

Facebook said it took action on some 2.5 million hateful pieces of content in the first three months of 2018, up from 1.6 million in the last three months of 2017.

Television footage showed them marching in silence near Quebec City's legislature.

B.C. Premier John Horgan is denouncing hate speech ahead of a rally in Vancouver this weekend.

"Free speech, not hate speech!" chanted two dozen protesters waving signs outside Shopify's downtown Ottawa office on Thursday afternoon.

The disturbing news comes just as worshippers are returning to the scene of last weekend's mosque shooting to view the aftermath of the carnage.