How does the ATA address the problem of hate crimes?
The ATA included additional measures to better protect from hatred those who are vulnerable because they belong to a group distinguished by factors such as religion, race, or ethnic origin. The ATA amended the Criminal Code to criminalize mischief against property used for religious worship, such as a church, synagogue, mosque, or a cemetery. Now to obtain a conviction, it must be shown that the mischief was motivated by bias, prejudice or hatred based on race, religion, colour or national or ethnic origin. The ATA also amended the Criminal Code hate propaganda provisions to authorize a judge to order that publicly available hate propaganda be deleted from a computer system within the jurisdiction of the court. This provision makes it possible to eliminate hate propaganda from the Internet even in cases where the person who posted the material is unknown or outside Canadian jurisdiction. Where the identity of the person who posted the material is known, that person will have an opportu
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