Tag: religious_exception

The Religious Exception for Hate Propaganda has Lasted Long Enough

The original French version of this article appeared in La Presse on 3rd December 2024 under the title Discours haineux et exception religieuse : Une position intenable qui a assez duré. It is also published on our French-language website under the

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In the News:
Quebec Asks for Repeal of Religious Exception

Discours haineux: Simon Jolin-Barrette demande à Ottawa d’en finir avec l’exemption religieuse (Hate Propaganda: Simon Jolin-Barrette asks Ottawa to put an end to the religious exception), Raphaël Pirro, Journal de Montréal, 2024-11-29. Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is asking his

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In the News:
End Religious Hate Speech!

Le Bloc québécois redépose son « projet de loi Charkaoui » (The Bloc québécois re-tables its “Charkaoui Bill”), Boris Proulx, Le Devoir, 2024-02-05. The Bloc Québécois has tabled a second bill inspired by the incident last fall when Montreal imam Adil Charkaoui

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PRESS RELEASE, 2023-11-28

Put an End to Religious Hate Speech! The Criminal Code of Canada authorizes hate speech if it is motivated by religious belief. We must put an end to this aberration which allows wrongdoing under the pretext of being “open-minded”! Do

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PRESS RELEASE, 2022-05-02

For immediate release AFT opposes the “Action Plan on Combatting Hate” Proposed by the Trudeau Government Montreal, 2nd May 2022 — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT), an association which promotes secularism and supports the rights of atheists, expresses its opposition to the “National

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