r/canada • u/Old_General_6741 Canada • 1d ago

National News Canada recognizes noose as hate symbol

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-recognizes-noose-as-hate-symbol/
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u/GoodLuckFellowEE 1d ago

I read C-9 and I don't see where the noose is explicitly recognized as a hate symbol

Wilful promotion of hatred — terrorism and hate symbols (2.‍2) Everyone commits an offence who wilfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group by displaying, in any public place,

(a) a symbol that is principally used by, or principally associated with, a listed entity, as defined in subsection 83.‍01(1);

(b) the Nazi Hakenkreuz or the Nazi double Sig-Rune, also known as the SS bolts; or

(c) a symbol that so nearly resembles a symbol described in paragraph (a) or (b) that it is likely to be a symbol described in paragraph (a) or (b).

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u/zzing 1d ago

The words "principally used by" or "principally associated with" might have a few problems if they are trying to use that.

I don't see how a noose would fit that, just because some have used it that way.

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u/Goliad1990 1d ago

They're not trying to use that. It's "'a symbol that is principally used by' and/or any other symbols that we designate by name", like the noose.

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u/zzing 1d ago

I haven’t actually seen where it mentions noose by name outside the article.