An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act and to make related amendments to another Act (hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech)

Sponsor

Kevin Vuong  Independent

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of March 28, 2022

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create a recognizance to keep the peace relating to hate propaganda and hate crimes and to define “hatred” for the purposes of two hate propaganda offences. It also makes related amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act .
In addition, it amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to provide that it is a discriminatory practice to communicate or cause to be communicated hate speech by means of the Internet or other means of telecommunication in a context in which the hate speech is likely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group of individuals on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination. It authorizes the Canadian Human Rights Commission to accept complaints alleging this discriminatory practice and authorizes the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to adjudicate complaints and order remedies.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-261s:

C-261 (2020) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (thermal coal)
C-261 (2016) An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (increase of allowance for survivors and children)
C-261 (2013) National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day Act
C-261 (2011) National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day Act
C-261 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to stop at scene of accident)
C-261 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to stop at scene of accident)