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Bill C-9 — introduced as the “Combatting Hate Act” on September 19, 2025 — was tabled in the House of Commons and completed first reading in the 45th Parliament (45-1); the Justice Department publishe...
Bill C-9 has drawn widespread legal and civil-liberty objections for creating new criminal offences and broad obstruction/intimidation rules that critics say could criminalize peaceful protest, chill ...
Bill C-9 — the so-called Combatting Hate Act — proposed to add four new Criminal Code offences, to define “hatred” in statute, and to adjust investigative and bail rules; during committee review a Blo...
Bill C-9 in parliamentary materials refers primarily to the Combatting Hate Act — a package of Criminal Code amendments that aims to expand and clarify offences related to hate propaganda, hate-motiva...