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Eradicating Dangerous Hate Speech: Legal Tools for Battling Antisemitism & Racism in Canada

“It begins with words.” This is the message Holocaust survivors are sharing with us today as they are seeing hate speech and hateful speech proliferating in the news, in our societies and online. According to B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, in 2020 over 2,610 antisemitic incidents took place – more than 7 occurrences every day. …

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Intervener Status Granted to B’nai Brith Canada in Legal Battle over Jewish Voting Rights

July 10, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada has been granted intervener status in an upcoming legal battle over the date of Canada’s October federal election. The intersection of the Jewish calendar and the federal election schedule pose significant obstacles for observant Jews in 2019. Election Day …

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