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Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much. Let me be very clear: It is absolutely necessary to find laws by which to do this. There was a question asked by the Bloc Québécois member in relation to trying to understand what hate is. This has already been defined by the Supreme Court of Canada. In th
April 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you, all members of the committee, for inviting me to participate. I will try not to take up too much of your time, other than just to preface my remarks by saying that I speak to you in two capacities—one as the chair of the Canadian Ant
April 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee We have always stated at the Canadian Anti-Hate Network that leaders have to lead. It's as simple as that. I have no problem with the leader of the opposition attending the convey and giving out his message. I think that it was important for politicians to do that. I deeply reg
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee He did not then.
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee I'm sorry. Thank you.
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee I'll deal with the last question first. The Supreme Court has already established two excellent definitions of hatred: Rothstein in Whatcott, and the Dickson definition in Keegstra, which I still think is the best. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. It's already there. Both o
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee The resources have to go to two places. They have to go to protecting places of worship. There already is a resource available that the government has set forth and that synagogues and mosques are taking advantage of. It's a slow process to get that, but even putting cameras outs
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee I'm not going to tell you the method because then we won't be able to use it anymore. Suffice it to say that we have researchers who go online and are able to assess the kind of violent language that's used. We expose it publicly. Of course, most of that language crosses a crimin
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee I'm a huge proponent of reviewing law and order to create tools necessary to fight hatred. As I said, we've moved beyond hateful words, which are bad enough, to terrible, violent, hateful actions, and we are way behind. I think there needs to be a two-pronged approach. We do ha
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee I'll be very quick. In my meetings yesterday with Facebook, it was very clear that they do have the technology to limit country by country. Places like France, for example, have some significant limitations that Facebook has to deal with. Germany is exactly the same. Holocaust
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee That's quite all right.
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee That's why I say “a facsimile” thereof. You can tweak it and make changes, but we need it. It's a dangerous world out there.
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber
Justice committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Honourable members, thank you for inviting me today. Good morning, my name is Bernie Farber. I am the past CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, where I worked for almost three decades. I am also the son of a Holocaust survivor, a survivor who was the sole
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Bernie M. Farber