The anti-hate legislation introduced by the government directed against neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic and hate groups met with considerable opposition during today’s and yesterday’s debate in the House of Commons. Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic Party MPs attacked the government project as “eroding the Canadian Bill of Rights.” Max Salzman, NDP representative from Toronto said that “the introduction of an anti-hate bill in Germany would not have nailed down Hitler nor saved the Jews from gas chambers. What was necessary was a cure for the ills of society that people suffer from and conditions that generate hate.” The legislation passed in the Senate two months ago after being bottled up in various committees for some 18 months. The legislation is now in its final stage in second reading before the House of Commons.
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