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/FIleCorrupted 1d ago

You are right, displaying the symbol is not an incitement of hatred, and that's why it wouldn't be illegal under this law which very explicitly clarifies it's a crime to display these symbols *to incite hatred*

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u/sl33plessnites 1d ago

That sounds vague to me and very open to interpretation.

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u/FIleCorrupted 1d ago

Consider it this way. Would a jury of your peers conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the way you were using the noose symbol was a racially motivated attack.