EXPRESSIONS OF RACIAL HATRED AND RACISM IN CANADA: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • SANJEEV S ANAND

Abstract

This paper retraces the events that led to the demand for criminal legislation against hate propaganda in Canada. It then summarizes the findings of the Parliamentary Report that recommended the amendments which today form the hate propaganda sections of the Criminal Code. The Report's scope was limited to an examination of hate propaganda in Canada, and the author argues not only that this scope was too narrow, but that its limitations led to the Report's erroneous conclusion that racial hatred in Canada was limited to extremist groups marginal to Canadian society. The author examines the evidence of discrimination in Canadian society from government sanctioned discrimination, which forms a part of our history, to modern evidence that shows the attitudes underlying this have not changed. This expanded scope of inquiry emphasizes that there is a real need for the legislative proscription of hate propaganda.

Keywords:

Criminal Law

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Published

1998-03-01

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Legal Commentary