1. Canadian Hate Crime Laws
Hate crimes are triggered by an individual's or group's race, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability. ... The Criminal Code section 718.2 outlines aggravating factors as "evidence that [an] offence was motivated by bias, prejudice, or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age mental of physical disability, sexual orientation or any other similar factor" (Renke, 2014). ... Chart 5- Race/ ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation are the three most reported hate crimes (...
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