Ottawa rushing hate crimes bill without addressing concerns: civil liberties’ group
By Canadian Press on March 12, 2026.
OTTAWA — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the government is rushing its hate crimes bill through without dealing with concerns from faith groups and civil society organizations.
The House of Commons justice committee finished its work on Bill C-9 Wednesday, after the government passed a motion setting deadlines to move the bill through Parliament faster.
The civil liberties’ group says the committee process made the bill worse by removing a Criminal Code religious exemption for hate speech.
The Liberals backed that amendment in order to secure Bloc Québécois support for the bill.
The amendment drew opposition from some faith groups and in December a coalition that includes civil liberties, community and labour groups said the bill would give police too much power and could criminalize protest.
Bill C-9 creates new offences for intimidating or obstructing someone outside a religious or cultural institution, among other measures.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2026.
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press
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This Bill C-9 will open the door for not just Pastors, Reverends, Priests who are preaching some biblical principles to be charged under the criminal code, but the average Christian trying to speak the word over their own family!
It criminalizes the Church, but I doubt you will see it having any effect on those radical Muslims who burn our flag and called out death to Canada, death to the Jews or direct mobs to intimidate and assault the Jewish students on campuses!
This Bill C-9 should be shredded! . . . Another Quebec bill that is being rammed through! . . . Is there any wonder why some Albertans have had enough of Quebec and Ontario ramming through all the legislature that continues to erode our rights and freedoms! It appears the Quebec has superceded Ottawa and now runs our country . . . overtly . . . it has always ran it, ony more covertly, whether the Liberal Pierre Trudeau reign or the Chretien reign or the Chretien-Justin Trudeau reign . . . now it is the Liberal Chretien-Carney 2.0 regime ruled by none other than Quebec . . . another tail wagging the dog government, now openly doing so!
No one is paying attention to all of the legislation that is pushed through anymore! They just don’t care!